Mark 7:6:1Mark.7.6.W1TAB
ὁ
ho
“the”
- Transliteration
- ho
- Extended
- hoh
- IPA
- /ho/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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ho
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOIS ka-LOS e-pro-PHEE-teu-sen hê-sa-EE-as pe-RI hy-MON tôn hy-po-kri-TÔN hôs GE-gra-ptai HO-ti HOU-tos ho la-OS tois KHEI-le-SIN me ti-MA hê de kar-DI-a au-TÔN POR-rhô a-PE-khei ap e-MOU
Exegesis
The verse opens with ho de eipen {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | ho dè eî-pen} ‘but he said’, a narrative hinge that introduces a direct response within the ongoing dispute.
Within the quotation, the subject houtos ho laos {οὗτος ὁ λαὸς | hoû-tos ho la-òs}, “this people,” uses a demonstrative plus noun to single out a specific community.
Root and etymology
prophētevpi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–epsilon–upsilon
“to speak forth, prophesy”
In context — Mark 7:6
But He said to them, “Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.’”
About this coordinate
Mark 7:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 7:6, so the Greek word ὁ (ho) 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.7.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.6.W1.S1) and character.