Mark 15:20:3Mark.15.20.W3TAB
ἐνέπαιξαν
enepaiksan
“they mocked”
- Transliteration
- e-NE-pai-ksan
- Extended
- eh-NEH-pai-k-sahn
- IPA
- /eˈne.pai̯k.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they mocked
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-NE-pai-ksan
- sentence
KAI HO-te e-NE-pai-ksan au-TOI ek-SE-dy-san au-TON tên por-PHY-ran KAI e-NE-dy-san au-TON ta hi-MA-ti-a ta I-di-a KAI ek-SA-gou-sin au-TON HI-na stau-RO-sô-sin au-TON
Exegesis
The temporal conjunction hote {ὅτε | hó-te} “when” introduces a temporal clause whose main verb is enepaixan {ἐνέπαιξαν | e-né-pai-xan} “they mocked,” an aorist indicative summarizing the mockery as a completed event.
Root and etymology
empaizōepsilon–mu–pi–alpha–iota–zeta–omega
“to mock, ridicule”
In context — Mark 15:20
And when they had mocked Him , they stripped Him of the purple robe and clothed Him in His own garments. Then they led Him out in order to crucify Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 15:20, so the Greek word ἐνέπαιξαν (enepaiksan) 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.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.20.W3.S1) and character.