Mark 15:27:4Mark.15.27.W4TAB
σταυροῦσιν
staurousin
“they crucify”
- Transliteration
- stau-ROU-sin
- Extended
- stau-ROO-sin
- IPA
- /stauˈruː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they crucify
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
stau-ROU-sin
- sentence
KAI syn au-TOI stau-ROU-sin DY-o lē-STAS HE-na ek dek-si-ÔN KAI HE-na eks eu-ō-NY-mōn au-TOU
Exegesis
The main verb staurousin {σταυροῦσιν | stau-roû-sin} is a historical present, which in context is rendered with an English past tense (“they crucified/nailed up”) to sound natural while preserving the vividness of the action in explanation.
Root and etymology
stauroōsigma–tau–alpha–upsilon–rho–omicron–omega
“to crucify, fasten to a cross”
In context — Mark 15:27
And with Him they crucified two robbers , one on His right and one on His left.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 15:27, so the Greek word σταυροῦσιν (staurousin) 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.15.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.27.W4.S1) and character.