Mark 16:3:4Mark.16.3.W4TAB
ἑαυτάς
heautas
“to themselves”
- Transliteration
- he-au-TAS
- Extended
- heh-au-TAHS
- IPA
- /he.auˈtas/
Meaning by language
- English
- to themselves
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-au-TAS
- sentence
KAI E-le-gon pros he-au-TAS TIS a-po-ky-LEE-sei hê-MEEN ton LI-thon ek TÊS THY-ras tou mnê-MEI-ou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros heautas {πρός ἑαυτάς | prós heautás} literally means ‘to themselves’ and idiomatically signals mutual dialogue among them, rendered as “to one another” or “to each other.”
In context — Mark 16:3
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 16:3, so the Greek word ἑαυτάς (heautas) 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.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.3.W4.S1) and character.