Mark 7:3:16Mark.7.3.W16TAB
κρατοῦντες
kratountes
“holding”
- Transliteration
- kra-TOUN-tes
- Extended
- krah-TOON-tehs
- IPA
- /kraˈtuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- holding
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
kra-TOUN-tes
- sentence
hoi gar pha-ri-SAIOI KAI PAN-tes hoi iou-DAIOI e-AN MÊ pyg-MÊ NIP-sôn-tai tas KHEI-ras ouk es-THI-ou-sin kra-TOUN-tes tên pa-RA-do-sin tôn pres-by-TE-rôn
Exegesis
The participle kratountes {κρατοῦντες | kra-toûn-tes} is nominative plural, agreeing with the subject and functioning circumstantially, most naturally with a causal nuance, “because they are holding fast.”
In context — Mark 7:3
For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands with a fist , holding to the tradition of the elders.
About this coordinate
Mark 7:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 7:3, so the Greek word κρατοῦντες (kratountes) 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.7.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.3.W16.S1) and character.