Mark 8:4:16Mark.8.4.W16TAB
ἐρημίας
erêmias
“a wilderness”
- Transliteration
- e-rê-MI-as
- Extended
- eh-reh-MEE-ahs
- IPA
- /e.rɛːˈmi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wilderness
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
e-rê-MI-as
- sentence
KAI a-pe-KRI-thê-san au-TOI hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU HO-ti PO-then TOU-tous dy-NÊ-se-tai tis HÔ-de khor-TA-sai AR-tōn ep e-rê-MI-as
Exegesis
The genitive arton {ἄρτων | ár-tōn} serves as the material or partitive object, and the adverbs hode {ὧδε | hō-de} and the prepositional phrase ep’ eremias {ἐπʼ ἐρημίας | ep' e-rē-mí-as} place the situation in a desolate location, intensifying the sense of scarcity that makes the disciples’ question urgent.
In context — Mark 8:4
His disciples answered Him , “Where could anyone find enough bread to feed these people here in the wilderness?”
About this coordinate
Mark 8:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 8:4, so the Greek word ἐρημίας (erêmias) 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.8.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.4.W16.S1) and character.