Mark 15:17:4Mark.15.17.W4TAB
πορφύραν
porphyran
“purple cloak”
- Transliteration
- por-PHY-ran
- Extended
- por-PHY-rahn
- IPA
- /porˈpʰy.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- purple cloak
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
por-PHY-ran
- sentence
KAI en-di-DY-skou-sin au-TON por-PHY-ran KAI pe-ri-ti-THE-a-sin au-TOI PLE-ksan-tes a-KAN-thi-non STE-pha-non
Exegesis
The main clause uses the present narrative verb endidyskousin {ἐνδιδύσκουσιν | endidýskousin} with the object auton {αὐτόν | autón} and the predicate accusative porphyran {πορφύραν | porphýran}, forming the sense “they clothe him in a purple robe,” where the color term functions metonymically for a royal garment.
Root and etymology
porphyrapi–omicron–rho–phi–upsilon–rho–alpha
“purple dye, purple cloth”
In context — Mark 15:17
And they clothed Him in purple , and after weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 15:17, so the Greek word πορφύραν (porphyran) 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.15.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.17.W4.S1) and character.