Mark 15:5:8Mark.15.5.W8TAB
θαυμάζειν
thaumadzein
“to marvel”
- Transliteration
- thau-MA-dzein
- Extended
- thau-MAH-dzein
- IPA
- /tʰauˈma.dzein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to marvel
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
thau-MA-dzein
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS ou-KE-ti ou-DEN a-pe-KRI-thê HÔ-ste thau-MA-dzein ton pi-LA-ton
Exegesis
The result construction hOste thaumazein ton Pilaton {ὥστε θαυμάζειν τὸν Πιλᾶτον | hō-ste thau-má-zein tón Pi-lâ-ton} uses hOste with a present infinitive to express the outcome of this silence: it leads to Pilate’s ongoing amazement.
The infinitive thaumazein {θαυμάζειν | thau-má-zein} governs the accusative subject ton Pilaton {τὸν Πιλᾶτον | tón Pi-lâ-ton}, a common Greek pattern where the logical subject of the infinitive appears in the accusative. In translation, the result clause is rendered as a finite clause “so that Pilate was amazed” to preserve natural English while still conveying the causal-result relationship implied by hOste plus the infinitive and maintaining the emphasis on Jesus’ complete refusal to answer.
Root and etymology
thaumazōtheta–alpha–upsilon–mu–alpha–zeta–omega
“to wonder, be astonished”
In context — Mark 15:5
But Jesus no longer answered anything, so that Pilate was amazed.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 15:5, so the Greek word θαυμάζειν (thaumadzein) 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.15.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.5.W8.S1) and character.