Mark 7:6:12Mark.7.6.W12TAB

ὡς

hôs

as

Transliteration
hôs
Extended
hohs
IPA
/hɔːs/

Meaning by language

English
as

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    hôs

  2. 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 citation is introduced by the formula hōs gegraptai hoti {ὡς γέγραπται ὅτι | hōs gé-grap-tai hó-ti}, literally “as it has been written that,” presenting the following words as enduring Scripture with continuing authority.

Root and etymology

dekadé-ka

ten-city region

In contextMark 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 7:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 7:6, so the Greek word ὡς (hôs) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.6.W12.S1) and character.