Mark 6:49:12Mark.6.49.W12TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- es-TIN
- Extended
- ehs-TEEN
- IPA
- /esˈtin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
es-TIN
- sentence
hoi de i-DON-tes au-TON e-PI tês tha-LAS-sēs pe-ri-pa-TOUN-ta E-dok-san HO-ti PHAN-tas-MA es-TIN kai a-NE-krax-an
Exegesis
Hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces a content clause expressing the disciples’ misinterpretation, with phantasma {φάντασμά | phán-tas-ma} as the predicate nominative and estin {ἐστιν | es-tin} in the present tense conveying their immediate, vivid assessment.
Root and etymology
exestiepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota
“it is permitted, it is lawful”
In context — Mark 6:49
But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they thought it was an apparition , and they cried out.
About this coordinate
Mark 6:49:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 6:49, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.6.49.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.49.W12.S1) and character.