Mark 15:14:12Mark.15.14.W12TAB
περισσῶς
perissôs
“exceedingly”
- Transliteration
- pe-ris-SÔS
- Extended
- peh-rihs-SOHS
- IPA
- /pe.risˈsɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- exceedingly
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ris-SÔS
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos E-le-gen au-TOIS TI gar e-POI-ee-sen ka-KON hoi de pe-ris-SÔS E-kra-ksan STAU-rô-son au-TON
Exegesis
The adverb perissōs {περισσῶς | pe-ris-sôs} modifies ekrazan {ἔκραζαν | é-kra-zan}, another imperfect that depicts continuous, intensifying shouting.
In context — Mark 15:14
But Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What evil has this man done?” But they cried out all the more , “Crucify him!”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 15:14, so the Greek word περισσῶς (perissôs) 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.15.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.14.W12.S1) and character.