Mark 16:18:14Mark.16.18.W14TAB
ἐπιθήσουσιν
epithêsousin
“they will lay”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-THÊ-sou-sin
- Extended
- eh-pih-THAY-soo-sihn
- IPA
- /e.piˈtʰɛː.suː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will lay
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pi-THÊ-sou-sin
- 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
The verse consists of two coordinated future statements describing signs accompanying believers, with a series of future indicative verbs: arousin {ἀροῦσιν | a-roû-sin} ‘they will pick up’, epithēsousin {ἐπιθήσουσιν | e-pi-thḗ-sou-sin} ‘they will lay’, and hexousin {ἕξουσιν | hé-xou-sin} ‘they will be (well)’.
The prepositional phrase epi arrostous {ἐπὶ ἀρρώστους | e-pì ar-rṓs-tous} ‘upon sick ones’ highlights physical contact, which is further specified by the direct object kheiras {χεῖρας | kheî-ras} ‘hands’ governed by epithēsousin {ἐπιθήσουσιν | e-pi-thḗ-sou-sin}.
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 16:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 16:18, so the Greek word ἐπιθήσουσιν (epithêsousin) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.18.W14.S1) and character.