Mark 8:31:2Mark.8.31.W2PAT
ἤρξατο
êrksato
“began”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-ksa-to
- Extended
- ÊR-ksa-to
- IPA
- /ˈɛːrk.sa.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- began
- French
- commença
- Spanish
- comenzó
- Portuguese
- começou
- German
- begann
- Russian
- начал
- Arabic-Simplified
- بدأ
- Hindi
- शुरू किया
- Chinese-Simplified
- 开始了
- Korean
- 시작했다
- Indonesian
- mulai
- Bengali
- শুরু করল
- Tagalog
- nagsimulang
- Swahili
- akaanza
- Amharic
- ጀመረ
- Yoruba
- bẹ̀rẹ̀
- Igbo
- malitere
- Twi
- hyɛɛ ase
- Ewe
- dze
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ÊR-ksa-to
- sentence
KAI ÊR-ksa-to di-DAS-kein au-TOUS HO-ti DEI ton hy-ON tou an-THRÔ-pou pol-LA pa-THEIN KAI a-po-do-ki-mas-THÊ-nai hy-PO tôn pres-by-TE-rôn KAI tôn ar-khi-e-RE-ôn KAI tôn gram-ma-TE-ôn KAI a-pok-tan-THÊ-nai KAI me-TA TREIS hê-ME-ras a-na-STÊ-nai
In context — Mark 8:31
and began to teach them that it is necessary the son of the man many to suffer and to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and to be killed and after three days to rise
About this coordinate
Mark 8:31:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 8:31, so the Greek word ἤρξατο (êrksato) 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.8.31.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.31.W2.S1) and character.