Mark 5:14:16Mark.5.14.W16TAB
ἦλθον
êlthon
“they came”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-thon
- Extended
- AYL-thohn
- IPA
- /ˈɛːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ÊL-thon
- sentence
KAI hoi BOS-kon-tes au-TOUS E-phu-gon KAI a-PEEŋ-gei-lan eis tên PO-lin KAI eis tous a-GROUS KAI ÊL-thon i-DEIN TI es-TIN to ge-go-NOS
Exegesis
Another kai introduces elthon {ἦλθον | ēlthon} ‘came’ with the infinitive idein {ἰδεῖν | ideîn} ‘to see’ expressing purpose: they came in order to see.
In context — Mark 5:14
And those feeding them ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside . Then people went out to see what had happened.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 5:14, so the Greek word ἦλθον (êlthon) 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.5.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.14.W16.S1) and character.