Mark 16:18:17Mark.16.18.W17TAB
ἕξουσιν
heksousin
“they will have”
- Transliteration
- HEK-sou-sin
- Extended
- HEHK-soo-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈhek.suː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will have
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| 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
HEK-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 adverb kalōs {καλῶς | ka-lôs} functions as a predicate complement with hexousin {ἕξουσιν | hé-xou-sin}, yielding the sense “they will be well.” In translation, the future indicatives are maintained as futures to preserve the promissory tone, while kan is rendered “and if” or “even if” to communicate the concessive nuance of a hypothetical but real danger. The emphatic ou mē construction is captured with phrases like “by no means” or “not … at all,” and the word order is slightly adjusted to achieve natural English while keeping the two main future result clauses clearly parallel.
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 16:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 16:18, so the Greek word ἕξουσιν (heksousin) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.18.W17.S1) and character.