Mark 7:8:3Mark.7.8.W3TAB
ἐντολὴν
entolên
“commandment”
- Transliteration
- en-to-LÊN
- Extended
- ehn-toh-LÊEN
- IPA
- /en.toˈlɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- commandment
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
en-to-LÊN
- sentence
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.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–nu–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to command, order”
In context — Mark 7:8
Having left the commandment of God , you hold to the tradition of people .
About this coordinate
Mark 7:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 7:8, so the Greek word ἐντολὴν (entolên) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.8.W3.S1) and character.