Mark 2:22:9Mark.2.22.W9TAB
εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- ei
- Extended
- ee
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ei
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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 conditional protasis ei de mē {εἰ δὲ μή | ei dè mē} ‘but if not’ introduces an exception leading to the future rhēxei {ῥήξει | rhḗ-xei} ‘will burst’, emphasizing inevitability.
Root and etymology
eiserchomaiepsilon iota sigma epsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to go into, enter”
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 2:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 2:22, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.22.W9.S1) and character.