Mark 15:21:10Mark.15.21.W10TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ton
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KAI an-ga-REU-ou-sin pa-RA-gon-TA TI-na SI-mo-na ky-ray-nai-ON er-KHO-me-non ap a-GROU ton pa-TE-ra a-le-KSAN-drou KAI RHOU-phou HI-na A-rêi ton stau-RON au-TOU
Exegesis
The appositional accusative ton patera Alexandrou kai Rouphou {τὸν πατέρα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Ρούφου | tón patera Alexándrou kaí Roúphou} provides additional identification through familial relationships, likely assuming the audience’s awareness of Alexander and Rufus.
The object of arē is ton stauron autou {τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ | tón staurón autoû}, “His cross,” where autou is a third person masculine pronoun whose referent is the condemned central figure of the passion narrative. In translation, the accusative chain is rendered as a descriptively rich noun phrase modifying “Simon,” the hina-clause becomes an explicit purpose infinitive (“so that he might carry / to carry”), and the historical present is conveyed with past tense in English while maintaining the force of involuntary conscription.
Root and etymology
typtotau–upsilon–pi–tau–omega
“to strike, hit”
In context — Mark 15:21
And they compelled Simon of Cyrene, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he might carry His cross .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 15:21, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.15.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.21.W10.S1) and character.