Mark 15:26:10Mark.15.26.W10TAB
βασιλεὺς
basileus
“king”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEUS
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEUS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleu̯s/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- sentence
KAI EEN hê e-pi-gra-PHÊ tês ai-TEE-as au-TOU e-pe-ge-gra-MMEN-ê ho ba-si-LEUS tôn i-ou-dai-ŌN
Exegesis
The nominative phrase ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn {ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων | ho basileus tōn Ioudaiōn} gives the exact wording of the inscription, functioning as the quoted content rather than as a second subject. English translation brings this content into direct quotation marks and slightly reshapes the participial construction into a finite verb clause for clarity while keeping the legal and regal nuances of “accusation” and “king.”
Root and etymology
basileuōbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to be king, to rule”
In context — Mark 15:26
And the inscription of His accusation was written: “The King of the Jews.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 15:26, 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.15.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.26.W10.S1) and character.