Mark 15:30:1Mark.15.30.W1TAB
σῶσον
soson
“save”
- Transliteration
- SO-son
- Extended
- SOH-sohn
- IPA
- /ˈsoː.son/
Meaning by language
- English
- save
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
SO-son
- sentence
SO-son se-au-TON ka-ta-BAS a-PO tou stau-ROU
Exegesis
The verse is a single imperative clause constructed with the aorist active imperative sōson {σῶσον | sô-son} ‘save’ commanding the addressee, followed by the reflexive seauton {σεαυτὸν | se-au-tón} ‘yourself’ to stress self-deliverance.
In context — Mark 15:30
Save yourself , and come down from the cross .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 15:30, so the Greek word σῶσον (soson) 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.15.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.30.W1.S1) and character.