Mark 15:33:12Mark.15.33.W12TAB
ὥρας
hōras
“of hour”
- Transliteration
- HŌ-ras
- Extended
- HÔ-rahs
- IPA
- /ˈhɔː.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- of hour
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
HŌ-ras
- sentence
kai ge-no-ME-nês HŌ-ras HEK-tês SKO-tos e-GE-ne-to eph HO-lên tên gên HE-ōs HŌ-ras e-NA-tês
Exegesis
The verse opens with a genitive absolute construction, kai genomenes horas hektes {Καὶ γενομένης ὥρας ἕκτης | Kaì geno-mé-nēs hō-ras hék-tēs} “and when it became the sixth hour.” The participle genomenes, together with the genitive horas hektes, forms a circumstantial temporal clause that is syntactically independent from the main clause, establishing the time frame for the event that follows.
The closing temporal phrase heos horas enates {ἕως ὥρας ἐνάτης | hé-ōs hō-ras e-ná-tēs} specifies duration by having heos govern a genitive of time, marking the endpoint “until the ninth hour.” The sequence of a temporal genitive absolute followed by a concise main clause and spatial and temporal prepositional phrases creates a tightly focused depiction of an extended period of darkness that frames this phase of the crucifixion narrative.
Root and etymology
horaomega with rough breathing–rho–alpha
“fixed time, season, hour”
In context — Mark 15:33
And when the sixth hour had come, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:33:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 15:33, so the Greek word ὥρας (hōras) 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.15.33.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.33.W12.S1) and character.