Mark 16:14:11Mark.16.14.W11TAB
ἀπιστίαν
apistia(n)
“unbelief”
- Transliteration
- a-pi-STI-a(n)
- Extended
- ah-pih-STEE-ah(n)
- IPA
- /a.piˈsti.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- unbelief
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-pi-STI-a(n)
- sentence
HY-ste-ron de a-na-kei-ME-nois au-TOIS tois HEN-de-ka e-pha-ne-RO-thê KAI ô-NEI-di-sen tên a-pi-STI-a(n) au-TÔN KAI sklê-ro-kar-DI-a(n) HO-ti tois the-a-sa-ME-nois au-TON e-gê-ger-ME-non ouk e-PI-steu-san
Exegesis
The objects of this rebuke form a tightly linked accusative pair: tēn apistian autōn kai sklērokardian {τὴν ἀπιστίαν αὐτῶν καὶ σκληροκαρδίαν | tḕn a-pi-stí-an au-tôn kaí sklē-ro-kar-dí-an}, “their unbelief and hardness of heart,” presenting inner resistance in both cognitive and volitional dimensions.
Root and etymology
apistosalpha–pi–iota–sigma–tau–omicron–sigma
“unbelieving, without faith”
In context — Mark 16:14
Afterward, He appeared to them, the eleven, as they were reclining , and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him risen.
About this coordinate
Mark 16:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Mark 16:14, so the Greek word ἀπιστίαν (apistia(n)) 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.16.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.14.W11.S1) and character.