Mark 8:33:23Mark.8.33.W23TAB
ἀλλὰ
alla
“but”
- Transliteration
- al-LA
- Extended
- ahl-LAH
- IPA
- /alˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
al-LA
- sentence
ho de e-pi-stra-PHEIS kai i-DÔN tous ma-thê-TAS au-TOU e-pe-TI-mê-sen PE-tro kai LE-gei HY-pa-ge o-PI-sô mou sa-ta-NA HO-ti ou phro-NEIS ta tou the-OU al-LA ta tôn an-THRÔ-pôn
Exegesis
The conjunction hóti {ὅτι | hóti} introduces the causal clause ou phroneîs tà toû theoû {οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ | ou phroneîs tà toû theoû} contrasted with allà tà tôn anthrṓpōn {ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων | allà tà tôn anthrṓpōn}, setting divine concerns against human ones through parallel genitive constructions.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–nu–tau–alpha–lambda–lambda–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega
“to exchange, trade”
In context — Mark 8:33
But after turning and looking at His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, “Go behind Me , Satan! For you are not thinking the things of God , but the things of men.”
About this coordinate
Mark 8:33:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Mark 8:33, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.8.33.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.33.W23.S1) and character.