Mark 7:3:19Mark.7.3.W19TAB
τῶν
tôn
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tôn
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tôn
- 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
It governs the object phrase ten paradosin ton presbyteron {τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πρεσβυτέρων | tḗn pa-rá-do-sin tôn pres-by-té-rōn}, an accusative “tradition” qualified by a genitive of source or authorship, “of the elders.” Positioning the participle after the main verb and before its object allows Greek to highlight both the strictness of their eating practice and its grounding in ancestral tradition. In translation, this circumstantial participle is rendered with a finite expression (“holding to,” “in keeping with”) to make the causal relationship explicit while preserving the flow of the conditional structure.
Root and etymology
mathetesmu–alpha–theta–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“learner, disciple”
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 7:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Mark 7:3, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.3.W19.S1) and character.