Mark 15:16:8Mark.15.16.W8TAB
αὐλῆς
aulês
“courtyard”
- Transliteration
- au-LÊS
- Extended
- au-LAYS
- IPA
- /auˈlɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- courtyard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
au-LÊS
- 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 adverb esō {ἔσω | é-sō} is modified by the genitive construction tēs aulēs {τῆς αὐλῆς | tēs au-lês}, forming the prepositional sense “inside the courtyard,” which establishes a spatial movement from outside to inside.
Root and etymology
aulēalpha–upsilon–lambda–ēta
“courtyard, enclosed yard”
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 15:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 15:16, so the Greek word αὐλῆς (aulês) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.16.W8.S1) and character.