Mark 4:15:5Mark.4.15.W5TAB
παρὰ
para
“along”
- Transliteration
- pa-RA
- Extended
- pah-RAH
- IPA
- /paˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- along
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-RA
- sentence
HOU-toi DE EI-sin hoi pa-RA tên ho-DON HO-pou SPEI-re-tai ho LO-gos KAI HO-tan a-KOU-sô-sin eu-THYS ER-khe-tai ho sa-ta-NAS KAI AI-rei ton LO-gon ton e-spar-ME-non eis au-TOUS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase para ten hodon {παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν | par-á tḕn hodòn} attributes proximity to a well-traveled route.
Root and etymology
paraballōp-a-r-a-b-a-l-l-o
“to throw beside, compare”
In context — Mark 4:15
But these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
About this coordinate
Mark 4:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 4:15, so the Greek word παρὰ (para) 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.4.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.15.W5.S1) and character.