Mark 5:15:4Mark.5.15.W4TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ton
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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
This verb governs the prepositional phrase pros ton Iesoun {πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν | pròs tòn Iē-soûn} ‘to Jesus’, marking Him as the focal object of approach.
The perfect participle eschekota {ἐσχηκότα | es-khē-kó-ta} in the accusative phrase tòn es-khē-kó-ta tòn le-gi-ṓ-na {τὸν ἐσχηκότα τὸν λεγιῶνα} ‘the one who had had the legion’ highlights his former state of bondage through a completed action now fully reversed.
Root and etymology
katharoskappa–alpha–theta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma
“pure, clean”
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 5:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 5:15, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.15.W4.S1) and character.