Mark 7:6:8Mark.7.6.W8TAB
περὶ
peri
“about”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-REE
- IPA
- /peˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- 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 prepositional phrase peri humōn {περὶ ὑμῶν | perì hū-môn} specifies that the ancient prophecy is now being applied “concerning you,” directly identifying the present opponents with Isaiah’s targets.
Root and etymology
perissospi–epsilon–rho–iota–sigma–sigma–omicron–sigma
“excessive, abundant, more than enough”
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 7:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 7:6, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.6.W8.S1) and character.