Mark 16:18:10Mark.16.18.W10TAB
βλάψῃ
blapsē
“it will harm”
- Transliteration
- BLA-psē
- Extended
- BLAH-psay
- IPA
- /ˈbla.psɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it will harm
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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BLA-psē
- sentence
O-pheis a-ROU-sin KAN tha-NA-si-MON ti PI-ō-sin ou MÊ au-TOUS BLA-psē e-PI ar-RŌS-tous KHEI-ras e-pi-THÊ-sou-sin kai ka-LÔS HEK-sou-sin
Exegesis
This ou mē construction with the aorist subjunctive blapsē {βλάψῃ | bláp-sē} ‘it might harm’ expresses a strongly negated potential action: “it will certainly not harm them.”
In context — Mark 16:18
They will pick up snakes, and if they drink anything deadly , it will by no means harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will be well .
About this coordinate
Mark 16:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 16:18, so the Greek word βλάψῃ (blapsē) 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.16.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.18.W10.S1) and character.