Mark 7:15:10Mark.7.15.W10TAB
κοινῶσαι
koinōsai
“to defile”
- Transliteration
- koi-NŌ-sai
- Extended
- koi-NOH-sai
- IPA
- /koiˈnɔː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to defile
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
koi-NŌ-sai
- sentence
ou-DEN ES-tin EK-sō-then tou an-THRŌ-pou eis-po-reu-O-me-non eis au-TON DY-na-tai koi-NŌ-sai au-TON al-LA ta ek tou an-THRŌ-pou ek-po-reu-o-ME-NA ES-tin ta koi-NOUN-ta ton AN-thrō-pon
Exegesis
The modal verb dunatai {δύναται | dýnatai} ‘is able’ takes the aorist infinitive koinosai {κοινῶσαι | koinôsai} ‘to defile’, forming a clause of potential inability.
Root and etymology
koinoskappa–omicron–iota–nu–omicron–sigma
“common, shared; ritually profane”
In context — Mark 7:15
Nothing outside a person that enters him can defile him; rather, what issues from a person is what renders him impure.
About this coordinate
Mark 7:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 7:15, so the Greek word κοινῶσαι (koinōsai) 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.7.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.15.W10.S1) and character.