Mark 15:8:4Mark.15.8.W4TAB
ὄχλος
okhlos
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- OKH-los
- Extended
- OHKH-lohs
- IPA
- /ˈokʰ.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OKH-los
- sentence
KAI a-na-BAS ho OKH-los ÊR-ksa-to ai-TEIS-thai ka-THÔS e-POI-ei au-TOIS
Exegesis
The subject ho ochlos {ὁ ὄχλος | ho óch-los} “the crowd” follows, with the article marking it as a specific, already known group.
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng, multitude”
In context — Mark 15:8
And when the crowd had come up , they began to ask him to do just as he used to do for them.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 15:8, so the Greek word ὄχλος (okhlos) 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.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.8.W4.S1) and character.