Mark 15:24:11Mark.15.24.W11TAB

ἐπ’

ep

for

Transliteration
ep
Extended
ehp
IPA
/ep/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Pip — as in pet

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Word in context

  1. word

    ep

  2. sentence

    KAI stau-ROU-sin au-TON KAI di-a-me-RI-dzo-ntai TA hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU BAL-lo-ntes KLÊ-ron ep au-TA TIS TI A-rêi

Exegesis

The participial phrase ballontes kleron {βάλλοντες κλῆρον | báll-on-tes klê-ron} “casting a lot” functions as a circumstantial participle of manner, explaining how they divide the garments, while the prepositional phrase ep auta {ἐπʼ αὐτὰ | epí autà} “upon them” clarifies that the lots are cast with respect to the garments.

Root and etymology

empaizōepsilon–mu–pi–alpha–iota–zeta–omega

to mock, ridicule

In contextMark 15:24

And they crucify Him , and they divide His garments among themselves, casting a lot upon them to determine who should take what.

About this coordinate

Mark 15:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Mark 15:24, so the Greek word ἐπ’ (ep) 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.15.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.24.W11.S1) and character.