Mark 15:16:10Mark.15.16.W10TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- es-TIN
- Extended
- ehs-TIHN
- IPA
- /esˈtin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
es-TIN
- sentence
hoi de stra-ti-O-tai a-PÊ-ga-gon au-TON E-sô tês au-LÊS HO es-TIN prai-TÔ-ri-on KAI syn-ga-loU-SIN HO-lên tên SPEI-ran
Exegesis
The parenthetical relative clause ho estin praitorion {ὅ ἐστιν πραιτώριον | hó é-stin prai-tṓ-ri-on} is appositional, clarifying for readers that this courtyard belongs to the Roman governor’s headquarters; syntactically, the neuter relative pronoun ho refers back conceptually to the location, not to a specific neuter noun.
In context — Mark 15:16
And the soldiers led Him inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they called together the whole cohort .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 15:16, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.15.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.16.W10.S1) and character.