Mark 16:11:9Mark.16.11.W9TAB
ἠπίστησαν
êpistêsan
“they did not believe”
- Transliteration
- ê-PIS-tê-san
- Extended
- ê-PIHS-tê-sahn
- IPA
- /ɛːˈpis.tɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they did not believe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ê-PIS-tê-san
- sentence
ka-KEI-noi a-KOU-san-tes HO-ti DZÊ KAI e-the-A-thê hyp au-TÊS ê-PIS-tê-san
Exegesis
The clause then moves to the main aorist indicative epistesan {ἠπίστησαν | ē-pís-tē-san} ‘they did not believe’, which summarizes their response as a definite, completed act of unbelief. Greek word order places the hearing and the full content of the testimony before the climactic statement of disbelief, creating a rhetorical progression from report to rejection; the English renderings preserve this by keeping the participial clause at the front and culminating with “did not believe” / “would not believe” as the final assertion.
In context — Mark 16:11
And those ones, having heard that He lives and that He was seen by her, did not believe .
About this coordinate
Mark 16:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 16:11, so the Greek word ἠπίστησαν (êpistêsan) 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.16.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.11.W9.S1) and character.