Mark 8:29:3Mark.8.29.W3PAT
⸂ἐπηρώτα
epêrota
“was asking”
- Transliteration
- e-pê-RO-ta
- Extended
- eh-pê-ROH-tah
- IPA
- /e.piˈrɔː.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- was asking
- French
- interrogeait
- Spanish
- preguntaba
- Portuguese
- perguntava
- German
- fragte
- Russian
- спрашивал
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يسأل
- Hindi
- पूछ रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 正在问
- Korean
- 묻고 있었다
- Indonesian
- bertanya
- Bengali
- জিজ্ঞাসা করছিল
- Tagalog
- nagtatanong
- Swahili
- aliuliza
- Amharic
- ይጠይቅ ነበር
- Yoruba
- n beere
- Igbo
- na-ajụ
- Twi
- rebisa
- Ewe
- bisa
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
⸂ἐ + πη + ρώ + τα
↓
e + pê + ro + ta
↓
epêrota
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
e-pê-RO-ta
- clause
KAI au-TOS e-pê-RO-ta au-TOUS
- sentence
KAI au-TOS e-pê-RO-ta au-TOUS hy-MEIS DE TI-na me LE-ge-te EI-nai
In context — Mark 8:29
and he was asking them you (plural) but whom me say to be answering {the} Peter says to him you are {the} Christ
About this coordinate
Mark 8:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 8:29, so the Greek word ⸂ἐπηρώτα (epêrota) 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.8.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.29.W3.S1) and character.