Mark 5:2:3Mark.5.2.W3TAB
αὐτοῦ
autou
“of him”
- Transliteration
- au-TOU
- Extended
- au-TOO
- IPA
- /auˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of him
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOU
- 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 circumstantial aorist participle exelthontos {ἐξελθόντος | ek-sel-thón-tos} ‘when He went out’ forms a genitive absolute construction with autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû}, setting a temporal backdrop for the main narrative action.
Root and etymology
autosa-u-t-o-s
“self, same, he”
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 5:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 5:2, so the Greek word αὐτοῦ (autou) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.2.W3.S1) and character.