Mark 3:7:14Mark.3.7.W14TAB

πλῆθος

plêthos

crowd

Transliteration
PLÊ-thos
Extended
PLÊH-thohs
IPA
/ˈplɛː.tʰos/

Meaning by language

English
crowd

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Result
πλῆ + θος
plê + thos
plêthos

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Lambdal — as in law
Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    PLÊ-thos

  2. sentence

    KAI ho ee-ay-SOOS me-TA tôn ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU a-ne-KHÔ-rê-sen pros tên THA-la-san KAI po-LY PLÊ-thos a-PO tês ga-li-la-I-as ê-ko-lou-THÊ-sen KAI a-PO tês i-ou-da-I-as

Exegesis

The accusative phrase polu plethos {πολὺ πλῆθος | polý plḗthos} ‘a great crowd’ functions as the subject of the following verb ekolouthesen {ἠκολούθησεν | ēkolouthḗsen} ‘followed’, creating a cause-effect flow: His withdrawal triggers pursuit. The coordinated structure kai … ekolouthesen kai …

Root and etymology

plethpi–lambda–eta–theta

multitude, fullness

In contextMark 3:7

And Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee and also from Judea followed Him.

About this coordinate

Mark 3:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 3:7, so the Greek word πλῆθος (plêthos) 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.3.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.7.W14.S1) and character.