Mark 4:37:2Mark.4.37.W2TAB
γίνεται
ginetai
“there happens”
- Transliteration
- GI-ne-tai
- Extended
- gih-NEH-tai
- IPA
- /ˈgi.ne.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- there happens
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GI-ne-tai
- sentence
KAI GI-ne-tai LAI-laps me-GA-lê a-NE-mou KAI TA KY-ma-ta e-PE-bal-len eis to PLOI-on HÔS-te Ê-dê ge-MI-dze-sthai to PLOI-on
Exegesis
The present middle/passive indicative ginetai {γίνεται | gí-ne-tai} conveys the storm’s sudden emergence.
In context — Mark 4:37
And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already being filled.
About this coordinate
Mark 4:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 4:37, so the Greek word γίνεται (ginetai) 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.4.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.37.W2.S1) and character.