Mark 7:5:14Mark.7.5.W14TAB
μαθηταί
mathêtai
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAI
- Extended
- mah-thay-TAI
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAI
- sentence
KAI e-pê-RÔ-tōn au-TON hoi pha-ri-SAIOI KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS di-A TI ou pe-ri-pa-TOU-sin hoi ma-thê-TAI sou ka-TA tên pa-RA-do-sin tôn pres-by-TE-rōn al-LA koi-NAIS kher-SIN es-THI-ou-sin ton AR-ton
Exegesis
The nominative hoi mathetai sou {οἱ μαθηταί σου | hoí mathētai sou} “Your disciples” is the grammatical subject of peripatousin, with sou marking possession and locating the issue squarely in Jesus’ circle of followers.
Root and etymology
manthanomu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omicron
“to learn”
In context — Mark 7:5
And the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him , “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with common hands?”
About this coordinate
Mark 7:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 7:5, so the Greek word μαθηταί (mathêtai) 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.7.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.5.W14.S1) and character.