Mark 15:40:19Mark.15.40.W19TAB
μικροῦ
mikrou
“small”
- Transliteration
- mi-KROU
- Extended
- mih-KROO
- IPA
- /miˈkruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- small
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
mi-KROU
- phraseyour reading level
en hais KAI ma-RI-a hê mag-da-lê-NÊ kai ma-RI-a hê i-a-KÔ-bou tou mi-KROU kai i-ô-SÊ-tos MÊ-têr kai sa-LÔ-mê
- sentence
Ê-san de KAI gy-NAI-kes a-PO ma-KRO-then the-ô-ROU-sai en hais KAI ma-RI-a hê mag-da-lê-NÊ kai ma-RI-a hê i-a-KÔ-bou tou mi-KROU kai i-ô-SÊ-tos MÊ-têr kai sa-LÔ-mê
Exegesis
Within this clause, the coordinated list of names—Maria hē Magdalēnē {Μαρία ἡ Μαγδαληνή | Ma-rí-a hē Mag-da-lē-nḗ}, Maria hē tou Iakōbou tou mikrou kai Iōsētos mētēr {Μαρία ἡ τοῦ Ἰακώβου τοῦ μικροῦ καὶ Ἰωσῆτος μήτηρ | Ma-rí-a hē tou Ia-kṓ-bou tou mi-kroû kai Iō-sḗ-tos mḗ-tēr}, and Salōmē {Σαλώμη | Sa-lṓ-mē}—is linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kai} ‘and’, creating a rhythmic enumeration that emphasizes multiple faithful observers.
The genitive phrase tou mikrou {τοῦ μικροῦ | toû mi-kroû} ‘the less / the younger’ is a genitive of description modifying Iakōbou {Ἰακώβου | Ia-kṓ-bou}, distinguishing this James from others by relative age, stature, or prominence. In translation, the main imperfect is rendered with a simple past (“there were”) for natural English narrative flow, while the participle theorousai is expressed as a finite verb (“were watching / looking on”) to preserve the sense of continuous, attentive observation without overloading the sentence with participial constructions.
Root and etymology
mikrosmu–iota–kappa–rho–omicron–sigma
“small, little, less significant”
In context — Mark 15:40
But there were also women watching from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and of Joses, and Salome.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:40:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Mark 15:40, so the Greek word μικροῦ (mikrou) 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.15.40.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.40.W19.S1) and character.