Mark 7:4:3Mark.7.4.W3TAB
ἀγορᾶς
agoras
“marketplace”
- Transliteration
- a-go-RAS
- Extended
- ah-goh-RAHS
- IPA
- /a.goˈraːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- marketplace
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-go-RAS
- sentence
KAI ap a-go-RAS e-AN MÊ bap-TI-sôn-tai ouk es-THI-ou-sin KAI AL-la pol-LA ES-tin HA pa-RE-la-bon kra-TEIN bap-tis-MOUS po-tê-RI-ôn KAI KSES-tôn KAI khal-KI-ôn KAI kli-NÔN
Exegesis
The phrase apʼ agorās {ἀπ᾽ ἀγορᾶς | apʼ agorâs} “from the market” provides a habitual context for the ritual.
In context — Mark 7:4
And from the market, if they do not wash , they do not eat; and there are many other things that they have received to observe, such as the washings of cups , pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.
About this coordinate
Mark 7:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 7:4, so the Greek word ἀγορᾶς (agoras) 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.7.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.4.W3.S1) and character.