Mark 9:12:13Mark.9.12.W13TAB
γέγραπται
gegraptai
“it is written”
- Transliteration
- GE-gra-ptai
- Extended
- GEH-grah-ptai
- IPA
- /ˈge.gra.ptai/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is written
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GE-gra-ptai
- 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.
Root and etymology
graphōgamma–rho–alpha–phi–omega
“to write”
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 9:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Mark 9:12, so the Greek word γέγραπται (gegraptai) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.12.W13.S1) and character.