Mark 6:49:9Mark.6.49.W9TAB
ἔδοξαν
edoksan
“they thought”
- Transliteration
- E-dok-san
- Extended
- EH-dohk-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈe.dok.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they thought
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-dok-san
- 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
This aorist participle is adverbial and temporally prior to the main verb edoxan {ἔδοξαν | é-dox-an} “they thought,” yielding the sense “when they saw, they thought.”
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 6:49:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 6:49, so the Greek word ἔδοξαν (edoksan) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.49.W9.S1) and character.