Mark 7:26:8Mark.7.26.W8TAB
γένει
genei
“race”
- Transliteration
- GE-nei
- Extended
- GEH-nee
- IPA
- /ˈge.niː/
Meaning by language
- English
- race
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GE-nei
- sentence
hê de gy-NE ÊN hel-lê-NIS sy-ro-phoi-NI-kis-sa tôi GE-nei kai ê-RÔ-ta au-TON HI-na to dai-MO-ni-on ek-BA-lê ek tês thy-ga-TROS au-TÊS
Exegesis
The dative phrase to genei {τῷ γένει | tôi génei} functions as a dative of respect or reference, specifying that her Greek and Syrophoenician status is with respect to race or lineage.
In context — Mark 7:26
But the woman was Greek , a Syrophoenician by race, and she pleaded with Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
About this coordinate
Mark 7:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 7:26, so the Greek word γένει (genei) 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.7.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.26.W8.S1) and character.