Mark 9:11:10Mark.9.11.W10TAB

Ἠλείαν

êleian

Elijah

Transliteration
ê-LEI-an
Extended
ay-LEI-ahn
IPA
/ɛːˈlei.an/

Meaning by language

English
Elijah

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Result
Ἠ + λεί + αν
ê + lei + an
êleian

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ê-LEI-an

  2. sentence

    KAI e-pê-RO-tôn au-TON LE-gon-tes HO-ti LE-gou-sin hoi gram-ma-TEIS HO-ti ê-LEI-an DEI el-THEIN PRÔ-ton

In contextMark 9:11

And they were asking Him , saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

About this coordinate

Mark 9:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 9:11, so the Greek word Ἠλείαν (êleian) 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.9.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.11.W10.S1) and character.