Mark 2:23:8Mark.2.23.W8TAB
διὰ
dia
“through”
- Transliteration
- di-A
- Extended
- dih-AH
- IPA
- /diˈa/
Meaning by language
- English
- through
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
di-A
- sentence
KAI e-GE-ne-to au-TON en tois SAB-ba-sin pa-ra-po-REU-es-thai di-A tôn spo-RI-môn KAI hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU ÊR-ksan-to ho-DON poi-EIN TIL-lon-tes tous STA-khy-as
Exegesis
Movement is further specified by dia tôn sporimōn {διὰ τῶν σπορίμων | dià tôn sporímōn} ‘through the grainfields,’ with dia taking a genitive.
Root and etymology
kardiakappa alpha rho delta iota alpha
“heart, inner self”
In context — Mark 2:23
And it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began, as they went, to pluck the heads of grain.
About this coordinate
Mark 2:23:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 2:23, so the Greek word διὰ (dia) 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.2.23.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.23.W8.S1) and character.