Mark 2:22:16Mark.2.22.W16TAB
ἀσκούς
askous
“wineskins”
- Transliteration
- as-KOUS
- Extended
- ahs-KOOS
- IPA
- /asˈkuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- wineskins
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
as-KOUS
- sentence
KAI ou-de-EIS BAL-lei OI-non NE-on eis as-KOUS pa-la-IOUS ei de MÊ HRÊ-ksei ho OI-nos tous as-KOUS KAI ho OI-nos a-POL-ly-tai KAI hoi as-KOI al-LA OI-non NE-on eis as-KOUS kai-NOUS
Exegesis
The object oinon neon {οἶνον νέον | oî-non né-on} ‘new wine’ precedes the locative phrase eis askous palaious {εἰς ἀσκοὺς παλαιούς | eis as-koùs pa-lai-ioús} ‘into old wineskins’, creating a thematic contrast.
In rhēxei ho oinos tous askous {ῥήξει ὁ οἶνος τοὺς ἀσκούς | rhḗ-xei ho oî-nos toùs as-koús}, ho oinos ‘the wine’ functions as subject.
The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} introduces the corrective ellipsis in oinon neon eis askous kainous {οἶνον νέον εἰς ἀσκοὺς καινούς | oî-non né-on eis as-koùs kai-noús}, balancing the form and content by pairing new wine with new wineskins.
In context — Mark 2:22
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins ; otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins and the wine is destroyed , and the skins are lost as well; but new wine belongs in new wineskins.
About this coordinate
Mark 2:22:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 2:22, so the Greek word ἀσκούς (askous) 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.2.22.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.22.W16.S1) and character.