Mark 16:10:8Mark.16.10.W8TAB
πενθοῦσι
penthousi
“mourning”
- Transliteration
- pen-THOU-si
- Extended
- pehn-THOO-see
- IPA
- /penˈtʰuː.si/
Meaning by language
- English
- mourning
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pen-THOU-si
- 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
pentheōpi–epsilon–nu–theta–epsilon–omega
“to mourn, grieve”
In context — Mark 16:10
She went and reported it to those who had been with Him , as they were mourning and weeping.
About this coordinate
Mark 16:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 16:10, so the Greek word πενθοῦσι (penthousi) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.10.W8.S1) and character.