Mark 7:27:14Mark.7.27.W14TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ton
- sentence
KAI E-le-gen au-TEE A-phes PRO-ton khor-ta-STHÊ-nai TA TEK-na ou GAR ka-LON ES-tin la-BEIN ton AR-ton tôn TEK-nōn KAI tois ky-na-RI-ois ba-LEIN
Exegesis
The adverbial prōton {πρῶτον | prô-ton} is fronted before the infinitive to highlight sequence and priority: “first” the children must be satisfied.
Root and etymology
katharoskappa–alpha–theta–alpha–rho–omicron–sigma
“clean, pure”
In context — Mark 7:27
And He said to her, “Permit first the children to be satisfied , for it is not proper to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
About this coordinate
Mark 7:27:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 7:27, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.7.27.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.27.W14.S1) and character.