Mark 4:35:8Mark.4.35.W8TAB
ὀψίας
opsias
“evening”
- Transliteration
- op-SI-as
- Extended
- ohp-SIH-ahs
- IPA
- /opˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- evening
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
op-SI-as
- sentence
KAI LE-gei au-TOIS en e-KEI-nêi têi hê-ME-rai op-SI-as ge-no-ME-nês di-EL-thô-men eis to PE-ran
Exegesis
The genitive absolute opsias genomenēs {ὀψίας γενομένης | opsí-as geno-menḗs} ‘when evening had come’ establishes a completed temporal setting.
In context — Mark 4:35
And on that day, when evening came, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”
About this coordinate
Mark 4:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 4:35, so the Greek word ὀψίας (opsias) 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.4.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.35.W8.S1) and character.