Mark 15:42:10Mark.15.42.W10TAB
⸀προσάββατον,
prosabbaton
“day before the Sabbath”
- Transliteration
- pro-SA-bba-ton
- Extended
- proh-SA-bbah-tohn
- IPA
- /proˈsab.ba.ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- day before the Sabbath
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-SA-bba-ton
- phraseyour reading level
HO ES-tin pro-SA-bba-ton
- sentence
KAI Ê-dê op-SI-as ge-no-ME-nês e-PEI ÊN pa-ra-ske-UÊ HO ES-tin pro-SA-bba-ton
Exegesis
The relative clause ho estin prosabbaton {ὅ ἐστιν προσάββατον | hó é-stin prosábbaton} is explanatory, appositional to Paraskeuē, clarifying for readers that this “Preparation” is “the day before the Sabbath.”
Root and etymology
sabbatonsigma–alpha–beta–beta–alpha–tau–omicron–nu
“Sabbath, rest day”
In context — Mark 15:42
And when evening had already come, since it was the Preparation , that is, the day before the Sabbath,
About this coordinate
Mark 15:42:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 15:42, so the Greek word ⸀προσάββατον, (prosabbaton) 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.15.42.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.42.W10.S1) and character.