Mark 3:28:8Mark.3.28.W8TAB
υἱοῖς
hyois
“sons”
- Transliteration
- hy-OIS
- Extended
- hyoo-OIS
- IPA
- /hyˈois/
Meaning by language
- English
- sons
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hy-OIS
- 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 benefactive dative phrase tois huiois ton anthropon {τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων | toîs huioîs tôn anthrṓpōn} specifies the recipients as the collective “sons of men,” an idiom for humanity as a whole.
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 3:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 3:28, so the Greek word υἱοῖς (hyois) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.28.W8.S1) and character.