Mark 2:6:5Mark.2.6.W5TAB
γραμματέων
grammateōn
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TE-ōn
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEH-ohn
- IPA
- /gram.maˈte.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TE-ōn
- sentence
Ê-san DE TI-nes TÔN gram-ma-TE-ōn e-KEI ka-THÊ-me-noi KAI di-a-lo-gi-DZO-me-noi en TAIS kar-DI-ais au-TÔN
Exegesis
The indefinite pronoun tines {τινὲς | ti-nés} with the genitive phrase ton grammateon {τῶν γραμματέων | tôn gram-ma-té-ōn} identifies a subset of scribes.
Root and etymology
grammagamma rho alpha mu mu alpha
“letter”
In context — Mark 2:6
But some of the scribes were sitting there, and they were reasoning in their hearts .
About this coordinate
Mark 2:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 2:6, so the Greek word γραμματέων (grammateōn) 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.2.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.6.W5.S1) and character.