Mark 15:22:12Mark.15.22.W12TAB
Τόπος
topos
“place”
- Transliteration
- TO-pos
- Extended
- TOH-pohs
- IPA
- /ˈto.pos/
Meaning by language
- English
- place
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TO-pos
- sentence
KAI PHE-rou-sin au-TON e-PI ton gol-go-THAN TO-pon HO es-TIN me-ther-mê-neu-O-me-non kra-NI-ou TO-pos
Exegesis
The clause’s complement Kraniou Topos {Κρανίου Τόπος | Kra-ní-ou Tó-pos} is a genitive–noun construction literally meaning ‘Place of a Skull’, making explicit for Greek readers what the Aramaic name implies. In English, the main clause is rendered with a straightforward past narrative verb (“bring” or “led”) and the relative clause becomes “which is translated” or “which means,” preserving the explanatory force while smoothing the participial structure. The final phrase “Place of a Skull” is retained almost literally to preserve the symbolic resonance of the name.
Root and etymology
topostau–omicron–pi–omicron–sigma
“place, location”
In context — Mark 15:22
And they bring Him to the place called Golgotha , which is translated, Place of a Skull.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 15:22, so the Greek word Τόπος (topos) 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.15.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.22.W12.S1) and character.