Mark 15:16:3Mark.15.16.W3TAB
στρατιῶται
stratiotai
“soldiers”
- Transliteration
- stra-ti-O-tai
- Extended
- strah-tih-OH-tai
- IPA
- /stra.tiˈɔː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- soldiers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
stra-ti-O-tai
- 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 verse opens with the subject phrase hoi de stratiotai {Οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται | Hoi dè stra-ti-ō-tai}, where the postpositive de links this scene to the preceding narrative while keeping “the soldiers” as the explicit subject.
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 15:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 15:16, so the Greek word στρατιῶται (stratiotai) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.16.W3.S1) and character.