Mark 2:22:3Mark.2.22.W3TAB
βάλλει
ballei
“puts”
- Transliteration
- BAL-lei
- Extended
- BAHL-lleh(i)
- IPA
- /ˈbal.leː/
Meaning by language
- English
- puts
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
BAL-lei
- 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 saying begins with kai {καὶ | kaì} ‘and’ linking it to the preceding teaching, followed by oudeis {οὐδεὶς | ou-deìs} ‘no one’ and the present indicative ballei {βάλλει | bál-lei} ‘puts’, forming a general principle.
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 2:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 2:22, so the Greek word βάλλει (ballei) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.22.W3.S1) and character.