Mark 4:7:10Mark.4.7.W10TAB
ἄκανθαι
akanthai
“thorns”
- Transliteration
- A-kan-thai
- Extended
- AH-kahn-thai
- IPA
- /ˈa.kan.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- thorns
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
A-kan-thai
- sentence
KAI AL-lo E-pe-sen eis tas a-KAN-thas KAI a-NE-bê-san hai A-kan-thai KAI sy-NEP-ni-ksan au-TO KAI kar-PON ouk E-dô-ken
Exegesis
In the next clause, anebēsan hai akanthai {ἀνέβησαν αἱ ἄκανθαι | a-né-bē-san hai á-kan-thai} ‘they grew up’ shifts focus to the thorns as the explicit subject, highlighting competing growth.
In context — Mark 4:7
And other seed fell among the thorns; the thorns grew up and choked it, and it produced no fruit .
About this coordinate
Mark 4:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 4:7, so the Greek word ἄκανθαι (akanthai) 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.4.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.7.W10.S1) and character.