Mark 3:8:21Mark.3.8.W21TAB
ἐποίει
epoiei
“he was doing”
- Transliteration
- e-POI-ei
- Extended
- eh-POY-ee
- IPA
- /eˈpoi.ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was doing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-POI-ei
- 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 imperfect verb epoiei {ἐποίει | epoíei} ‘he was doing’ portrays Jesus’ activity as ongoing, while the aorist elthon {ἦλθον | ḗlthon} ‘they came’ presents the crowd’s movement as a completed response.
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 3:8:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Mark 3:8, so the Greek word ἐποίει (epoiei) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.8.W21.S1) and character.