Mark 15:12:3Mark.15.12.W3TAB
Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
“Pilate”
- Transliteration
- pi-LA-tos
- Extended
- pih-LAH-tohs
- IPA
- /piˈla.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pilate
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pi-LA-tos
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos PA-lin a-po-kri-THEIS E-le-gen au-TOIS TEE oun THE-le-te poi-Ê-sô hon LE-ge-te ton ba-si-LE-a tôn i-ou-da-I-ÔN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the nominative phrase ho de Pilatos {ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος | ho dè Pi-lâ-tos}, where the conjunction de introduces Pilate’s renewed engagement after the crowds’ earlier response.
Root and etymology
Latin Pilatuspi–iota–lambda–alpha–tau–upsilon–sigma
“armed with a javelin”
In context — Mark 15:12
But Pilate answered them again and was saying, “What then do you want me to do to the one whom you call the King of the Jews?”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 15:12, so the Greek word Πιλᾶτος (pilatos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Mark.15.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.12.W3.S1) and character.