Mark 3:8:17Mark.3.8.W17TAB
πλῆθος
plêthos
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- PLÊ-thos
- Extended
- PLAY-thohs
- IPA
- /ˈplɛː.tʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PLÊ-thos
- sentence
KAI a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn KAI a-PO tês i-dou-mai-AS KAI PE-ran tou i-or-DA-nou KAI pe-RI TY-ron KAI si-DÔ-na PLÊ-thos po-LY a-KOU-on-tes HO-sa e-POI-ei ÊL-thon pros au-TON
Exegesis
The noun plethos {πλῆθος | plēthos} ‘multitude’ with the adjective polu {πολύ | polú} ‘great’ forms a nominative subject that emphasizes the size of the group.
Root and etymology
πληθ-
“fullness, multitude”
In context — Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude , hearing all that He was doing, came to Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 3:8:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 3:8, 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.3.8.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.8.W17.S1) and character.