Mark 3:10:9Mark.3.10.W9TAB
ἅψωνται
hapsōntai
“they might touch”
- Transliteration
- HAP-sōn-tai
- Extended
- HAHP-sohn-tai
- IPA
- /ˈhap.sɔːn.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- they might touch
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HAP-sōn-tai
- sentence
pol-LOUS gar e-the-RA-peu-sen HŌ-ste e-pi-PIP-tein au-TŌ HI-na au-TOU HAP-sōn-tai HO-soi EI-khon MAS-ti-gas
Exegesis
The purpose clause with hina {ἵνα | hína} ‘in order that’ plus the aorist middle subjunctive hapsontai {ἅψωνται | hápsōntai} ‘they might touch’ specifies the intention behind this pressing in.
In context — Mark 3:10
For He healed many, so that they were pressing upon Him in order to touch Him, as many as had diseases .
About this coordinate
Mark 3:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 3:10, so the Greek word ἅψωνται (hapsōntai) 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.3.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.10.W9.S1) and character.