Mark 15:2:9Mark.15.2.W9TAB
βασιλεὺς
basileus
“king”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEUS
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEUS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleus/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- 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
Pilate’s direct question uses the emphatic subject pronoun Sy {σύ | sý} with the verb ei {εἶ | eî}, Sy ei ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn {Σὺ εἶ ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων | sý eî ho ba-si-leús tōn I-ou-daí-ōn}, where the article ho with basileus {βασιλεύς | ba-si-leús} marks “the King” as a specific, possibly official title.
Root and etymology
basileuobeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to rule as king”
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 15:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 15:2, so the Greek word βασιλεὺς (basileus) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.2.W9.S1) and character.