Mark 7:6:18Mark.7.6.W18TAB
τοῖς
tois
“with the”
- Transliteration
- tois
- Extended
- tois
- IPA
- /tois/
Meaning by language
- English
- with the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
tois
- 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 dative phrase tois cheilesin {τοῖς χείλεσίν | toîs khei-le-sín} functions instrumentally, “with the lips,” contrasting external speech with inner reality.
Root and etymology
niptonu–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to wash”
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 7:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Mark 7:6, so the Greek word τοῖς (tois) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.6.W18.S1) and character.