Mark 9:14:7Mark.9.14.W7TAB
ὄχλον
okhlon
“a crowd”
- Transliteration
- O-khlon
- Extended
- OH-khlohn
- IPA
- /ˈokʰ.lon/
Meaning by language
- English
- a crowd
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
O-khlon
- 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
The accusative object ochlon polyn {ὄχλον πολύν | óchlon polún} describes a sizable crowd, with polún modifying óchlon to emphasize its magnitude.
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 9:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 9:14, so the Greek word ὄχλον (okhlon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.14.W7.S1) and character.