Mark 5:2:16Mark.5.2.W16TAB
ἀκαθάρτῳ
akathartôi
“unclean”
- Transliteration
- a-ka-THAR-tôi
- Extended
- ah-kah-THAHR-toi
- IPA
- /a.kaˈtʰar.tɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- unclean
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
a-ka-THAR-tôi
- sentence
KAI ek-sel-THON-tos au-TOU ek tou ploi-OU eu-THYS hy-PEEN-tê-sen au-TOI ek tôn mnê-MEI-ôn AN-thrô-pos en PNEU-ma-ti a-ka-THAR-tôi
Exegesis
The phrase en pneumati akathartō {ἐν πνεύματι ἀκαθάρτῳ | en pneú-ma-ti a-ka-thár-tō} uses en with the dative to characterize his state as under an unclean spirit. Greek word order clusters the temporal and locative elements near the verb, reflected in the translations by placing “at once” and “from the tombs” close to “came toward” in the formal rendering and “came out … to meet” in the dynamic version, thereby sustaining narrative immediacy and highlighting ritual impurity.
In context — Mark 5:2
When He stepped out of the boat, at once a man came toward Him from the tombs with an unclean spirit .
About this coordinate
Mark 5:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 5:2, so the Greek word ἀκαθάρτῳ (akathartôi) 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.5.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.2.W16.S1) and character.