Mark 7:8:2Mark.7.8.W2TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- têen
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tên
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a-PHEN-tes tên en-to-LÊN tou the-OU kra-TEI-te tên pa-RA-do-sin tôn an-THRÔ-pon
Exegesis
Its object is the accusative phrase ten entolen tou theou {τὴν ἐντολήν τοῦ θεοῦ | tḕn entolḗn toû the-oû} ‘the commandment of God,’ where the genitive tou theou specifies the divine source and authority of the command.
This verb governs the accusative ten paradosin ton anthropon {τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνθρώπων | tḕn parádosin tôn anthrṓ-pōn} ‘the tradition of people,’ where the genitive ton anthropon marks human origin in sharp contrast to the preceding tou theou. Greek word order places the abandoned divine commandment and the embraced human tradition in parallel accusative objects around the key verbs, creating a pointed antithesis between what has been forsaken and what is now being clung to. In translation, the aorist participle is rendered with an English perfect-like “having left” in the formal reconstruction to preserve its antecedent nuance, while the present krateite is expressed as “you hold” or “hold on to,” maintaining the sense of persistent adherence that heightens the rebuke.
In context — Mark 7:8
Having left the commandment of God , you hold to the tradition of people .
About this coordinate
Mark 7:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 7:8, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.7.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.8.W2.S1) and character.