Mark 9:11:12Mark.9.11.W12TAB
ἐλθεῖν
elthein
“to come”
- Transliteration
- el-THEIN
- Extended
- ehl-THEIN
- IPA
- /elˈtʰeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-THEIN
- 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
Exegesis
The impersonal verb dei {δεῖ | deî} with the infinitive elthein {ἐλθεῖν | el-theîn} expresses a strong sense of necessity, while the adverb proton {πρῶτον | prô-ton} marks temporal priority. Rendering the embedded indirect discourse as a direct question in English (“Why do the scribes say…?”) clarifies the flow of thought while preserving the logical relationships encoded by the hoti clauses and the necessity construction.
Root and etymology
exerchomaiex-ér-kho-mai
“to go out, depart”
In context — Mark 9:11
And they were asking Him , saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
About this coordinate
Mark 9:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 9:11, so the Greek word ἐλθεῖν (elthein) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.11.W12.S1) and character.