Mark 3:28:1Mark.3.28.W1TAB
Ἀμὴν
amen
“Truly”
- Transliteration
- a-MEN
- Extended
- ah-MEHN
- IPA
- /aˈmɛn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Truly
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MEN
- sentence
a-MEN LE-gō hy-MEEN HO-ti PAN-ta a-phe-THÊ-se-tai tois hy-OIS tôn an-THRÔ-pōn ta ha-mar-TÊ-ma-ta kai hai blas-phē-MI-ai HO-sa e-AN blas-phē-MÊ-sō-sin
Exegesis
The verse begins with the solemn interjection amen {Ἀμὴν | amḗn} introducing a weighty saying.
Root and etymology
ʼamenaleph–mem–nun
“truth, certainty, reliability”
In context — Mark 3:28
Truly, I say to you, all the sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and the blasphemies , whatever they may blaspheme.
About this coordinate
Mark 3:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 3:28, so the Greek word Ἀμὴν (amen) 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.3.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.28.W1.S1) and character.