Mark 9:12:17Mark.9.12.W17TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
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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 prepositional phrase epi ton huion tou anthropou {ἐπὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου | epì tòn hui-ón tou an-thrṓ-pou} ‘concerning the Son of Man’ identifies the scriptural subject.
Root and etymology
Rootsigma–upsilon–zeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to discuss, dispute”
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 9:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 9:12, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.12.W17.S1) and character.