Mark 15:33:9Mark.15.33.W9TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- tên
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tên
- 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 prepositional phrase ephʼ holen ten gen {ἐφʼ ὅλην τὴν γῆν | eph hó-lēn tēn gēn} uses epi with the accusative to denote extension over an area, with the adjective holen and the article ten modifying gen to emphasize that the darkness covered the land in its entirety.
Root and etymology
heortēepsilon–omicron–rho–tau–eta
“festive gathering, religious feast”
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 15:33:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 15:33, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.33.W9.S1) and character.