Mark 7:27:8Mark.7.27.W8TAB
τέκνα
tekna
“children”
- Transliteration
- TEK-na
- Extended
- TEHK-nah
- IPA
- /ˈtek.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- children
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
TEK-na
- 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 accusative ta tekna {τὰ τέκνα | tà té-kna} functions as the logical subject of the infinitive, “for the children to be satisfied.”
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 7:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 7:27, so the Greek word τέκνα (tekna) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.27.W8.S1) and character.