Mark 9:14:13Mark.9.14.W13TAB
συζητοῦντας
sydzêtountas
“arguing”
- Transliteration
- sy-dzê-TOUN-tas
- Extended
- sy-dzê-TOO-n-tahs
- IPA
- /sy.dzeːˈtuːn.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- arguing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-dzê-TOUN-tas
- 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
Rootsigma–upsilon–zeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to discuss, dispute”
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 9:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Mark 9:14, so the Greek word συζητοῦντας (sydzêtountas) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.14.W13.S1) and character.