Mark 8:26:4Mark.8.26.W4TAB
εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
eis
- sentence
KAI a-PE-stei-len au-TON eis OI-kon au-TOU LE-gōn mê-DE eis tēn KŌ-mēn ei-SEL-thês
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis oikon autou {εἰς οἶκον αὐτοῦ | eis oîkon autoû} ‘into his house’ indicates motion toward the man’s own dwelling.
The repeated preposition eis {εἰς | eis} before ten kōmen {τὴν κώμην | tḗn kṓmēn} ‘the village’ underscores the specific direction.
Root and etymology
nēsteúōnēsteúō: nu–eta–sigma–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to fast, abstain from food”
In context — Mark 8:26
And He sent him to his house, saying, “Do not even enter the village .”
About this coordinate
Mark 8:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 8:26, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.8.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.26.W4.S1) and character.