Mark 5:4:7Mark.5.4.W7TAB
ἁλύσεσι
halysesi
“with chains”
- Transliteration
- ha-LY-se-si
- Extended
- hah-LY-eh-seh-sih
- IPA
- /haˈly.se.si/
Meaning by language
- English
- with chains
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LY-se-si
- sentence
di-A to au-TON pol-LA-kis PE-dais KAI ha-LY-se-si de-DES-thai KAI di-es-PAS-thai hyp au-TOU tas ha-LY-seis KAI tas PE-das syn-te-TRIPH-thai KAI ou-de-IS IS-khy-en au-TON da-MA-sai
Exegesis
The dative instruments pedais {πέδαις | pédais} and halysesin {ἁλύσεσι | halýsēsi} specify means of restraint.
In context — Mark 5:4
For he had often been bound with fetters and chains , yet he tore the chains apart and smashed the fetters, and no one had strength to subdue him.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 5:4, so the Greek word ἁλύσεσι (halysesi) 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.5.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.4.W7.S1) and character.