Mark 2:22:20Mark.2.22.W20TAB
ἀπόλλυται
apollytai
“is destroyed”
- Transliteration
- a-POL-ly-tai
- Extended
- ah-POHL-ly-tai
- IPA
- /aˈpol.ly.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- is destroyed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-POL-ly-tai
- 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 subsequent apodosis kai ho oinos apollytai kai hoi askoi {καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἀπόλλυται καὶ οἱ ἀσκοί | kaì ho oî-nos apó-lly-tai kaì hoi as-kói} uses the passive apollytai ‘is destroyed’ to stress complete loss.
Root and etymology
apollymialpha pi omicron lambda lambda upsilon mu iota
“to destroy”
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 2:22:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Mark 2:22, so the Greek word ἀπόλλυται (apollytai) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.22.W20.S1) and character.