Mark 16:5:6Mark.16.5.W6TAB
εἶδον
eidon
“they saw”
- Transliteration
- EI-don
- Extended
- EI-dohn
- IPA
- /ˈei.don/
Meaning by language
- English
- they saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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EI-don
- sentence
KAI ei-sel-THOU-sai eis to mnê-MEI-on EI-don ne-a-NIS-kon ka-THÊ-me-non en tois dek-si-OIS pe-ri-be-blê-ME-non sto-LÊN leu-KHÊN KAI ek-se-tham-BÊ-thê-san
Exegesis
The verb eidon {εἶδον | eî-don} ‘they saw’ introduces the vision of neaniskon {νεανίσκον | ne-a-nís-kon} ‘a young man’, further specified by kathēmenon {καθήμενον | ka-thḗ-me-non} ‘sitting’.
In context — Mark 16:5
And when they had entered the tomb , they saw a young man sitting on the right, clothed in a long white robe, and they were amazed .
About this coordinate
Mark 16:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 16:5, so the Greek word εἶδον (eidon) 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.16.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.5.W6.S1) and character.