Mark 5:15:2Mark.5.15.W2TAB
ἔρχονται
erkhontai
“they come”
- Transliteration
- ER-khon-tai
- Extended
- EHR-khohn-tai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰon.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- they come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-khon-tai
- sentence
KAI ER-khon-tai pros ton ee-ay-SOON KAI the-ô-ROU-sin ton dai-mo-ni-DZO-me-non ka-THÊ-me-non hi-ma-tis-ME-non KAI sô-phro-NOUN-ta ton e-skhê-KO-ta ton le-gi-Ô-na KAI e-pho-BÊ-thê-san
Exegesis
The verse begins with the connective kai {καὶ | kaì} linking this scene to what precedes, followed by the historical present erchontai {ἔρχονται | ér-chon-tai} ‘they come’, which draws the reader into the moment.
In context — Mark 5:15
And they came to Jesus , and they saw the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed, and in his right mind—the one who had had the legion ; and they were afraid.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 5:15, so the Greek word ἔρχονται (erkhontai) 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.5.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.15.W2.S1) and character.