Mark 9:12:12Mark.9.12.W12TAB
πῶς
pôs
“how”
- Transliteration
- pôs
- Extended
- pôhs
- IPA
- /poːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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pôs
- sentence
ho DE E-phê au-TOIS ê-LEE-as men el-THÔN PRÔ-ton a-po-ka-thi-STA-nei PAN-ta KAI pôs GE-gra-ptai e-PI ton hy-ON tou an-THRÔ-pou HI-na pol-LA PA-thêi KAI ek-sou-de-nê-THÊI
Exegesis
The rhetorical question is signaled by pōs {πῶς | pôs} ‘how’ and the perfect passive gegraptai {γέγραπται | gé-grap-tai} ‘it is written,’ invoking Scripture.
In context — Mark 9:12
And He said to them, “Elijah does come first and restores all things; then why is it written concerning the Son of Man that He must suffer many things and be despised?”
About this coordinate
Mark 9:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 9:12, so the Greek word πῶς (pôs) 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.9.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.12.W12.S1) and character.