Mark 15:40:4Mark.15.40.W4TAB
γυναῖκες
gynaikes
“women”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-kes
- Extended
- gyoo-NAI-kehs
- IPA
- /gyˈnai.kes/
Meaning by language
- English
- women
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-kes
- phraseyour reading level
Ê-san de KAI gy-NAI-kes a-PO ma-KRO-then the-ô-ROU-sai
- 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
The subject gynaikes {γυναῖκες | gy-naî-kes} ‘women’ follows, and the connective sequence de kai {δὲ καὶ | de kai} ‘but also’ functions as a typical Markan narrative transition, adding information while loosely contrasting these onlookers with others mentioned previously.
Root and etymology
gynēgamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
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 15:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 15:40, so the Greek word γυναῖκες (gynaikes) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.40.W4.S1) and character.