Mark 16:10:10Mark.16.10.W10TAB

κλαίουσιν

klaiousin

weeping

Transliteration
KLAI-ou-sin
Extended
KLAI-oo-seen
IPA
/ˈklai.uː.sin/

Meaning by language

English
weeping

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Result
κλαί + ου + σιν
klai + ou + sin
klaiousin

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    KLAI-ou-sin

  2. sentence

    e-KEI-nê po-reu-THEI-sa a-PÊNG-gei-len tois met au-TOU ge-no-ME-nois pen-THOU-si KAI KLAI-ou-sin

Exegesis

The present participles penthousi {πενθοῦσι | pen-thoû-si} and klaiousin {κλαίουσιν | klaí-ou-sin}, also in the dative, function as participles of attendant circumstance or contemporaneous description, portraying the ongoing emotional condition of the recipients at the very time they receive the report. English expresses these circumstantial participles by a temporal clause (“as they were mourning and weeping” / “while they were feeling deep sorrow and crying”) to make the relationship between the report and their grief explicit. The Greek word order foregrounds the female witness as the acting agent and closes with the double description of grief, heightening the dramatic contrast between her message and their present emotional state.

Root and etymology

klaiokappa–lambda–alpha–iota–omega

to weep, cry aloud

In contextMark 16:10

She went and reported it to those who had been with Him , as they were mourning and weeping.

About this coordinate

Mark 16:10:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 16:10, so the Greek word κλαίουσιν (klaiousin) 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.16.10.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.10.W10.S1) and character.