Mark 9:14:12Mark.9.14.W12TAB
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEIS
- IPA
- /gram.maˈtiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TEIS
- sentence
KAI el-THO-ntes pros tous ma-thê-TAS EI-don O-khlon po-LYN pe-RI au-TOUS KAI gram-ma-TEIS sy-dzê-TOUN-tas pros au-TOUS
Exegesis
A coordinated clause introduced by kai grammateis syzetountas {καὶ γραμματεῖς συζητοῦντας | kaí grammateîs syzetoûntas} indicates that the observers also saw the scribes engaged in an ongoing dispute.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“letter, writing”
In context — Mark 9:14
And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd surrounding them, and scribes arguing with them.
About this coordinate
Mark 9:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 9:14, so the Greek word γραμματεῖς (grammateis) 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.9.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.14.W12.S1) and character.