Mark 7:1:2Mark.7.1.W2TAB
συνάγονται
synagontai
“gather”
- Transliteration
- sy-NA-go-ntai
- Extended
- syh-NAH-goh-ntai
- IPA
- /syˈna.gon.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- gather
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-NA-go-ntai
- sentence
KAI sy-NA-go-ntai pros au-TON hoi pha-ri-SAIOI KAI ti-NES tôn gram-ma-TE-ôn el-THO-ntes a-PO hie-ro-so-LY-môn
Exegesis
The finite verb synagontai {συνάγονται | synágontai} is a historical present in the middle voice, giving vividness to the action, and it is immediately specified by the prepositional phrase pros auton {πρὸς αὐτὸν | pròs autòn} describing movement “toward Him.”
Root and etymology
synagōsigma, upsilon, nu, alpha, gamma, omega
“to bring together, gather”
In context — Mark 7:1
And the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him .
About this coordinate
Mark 7:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 7:1, so the Greek word συνάγονται (synagontai) 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.7.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.1.W2.S1) and character.