Mark 15:2:5Mark.15.2.W5TAB
Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
“Pilate”
- Transliteration
- pi-LA-tos
- Extended
- pih-LAH-tohs
- IPA
- /piˈla.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- Pilate
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pi-LA-tos
- sentence
KAI e-pê-RÔ-tê-sen au-TON ho pi-LA-tos SY EI ho ba-si-LEUS tÔN i-ou-da-I-ôn ho de a-po-kri-THEIS au-TÔI LE-gei SY LE-geis
Exegesis
The order auton ho Pilatos {αὐτὸν ὁ Πιλᾶτος | au-tón ho Pi-lâ-tos} places the object “him” before the subject “Pilate,” momentarily foregrounding Jesus as the one questioned.
Root and etymology
Latin Pilatuspi–iota–lambda–alpha–tau–upsilon–sigma
“armed with a javelin”
In context — Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked Him , “Are You the King of the Jews?” And answering, He said to him, “You say so.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 15:2, so the Greek word Πιλᾶτος (pilatos) 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.15.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.2.W5.S1) and character.