Mark 6:16:4Mark.6.16.W4TAB
Ἡρῴδης
hêrohdês
“Herod”
- Transliteration
- hê-ROH-dês
- Extended
- hay-ROH-dehs
- IPA
- /hɛːˈrɔː.dɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Herod
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
hê-ROH-dês
- sentence
a-KOU-sas de ho hê-ROH-dês E-le-gen HON e-GO a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa i-ô-AN-nên HOU-tos ê-GER-thê
Exegesis
The subject is expressed by the articular proper name ho Heroides {ὁ Ἡρῴδης | ho Hē-rō-í-dēs}, where the article plus name construction can highlight a known figure.
In context — Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised up .”
About this coordinate
Mark 6:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 6:16, so the Greek word Ἡρῴδης (hêrohdês) 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.6.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.16.W4.S1) and character.