John 12:3:4John.12.3.W4TAB
λαβοῦσα
labousa
“having taken”
- Transliteration
- la-BOU-sa
- Extended
- lah-BOO-sah
- IPA
- /laˈbuː.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- having taken
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
la-BOU-sa
- sentence
hê oun ma-ri-AM la-BOU-sa LI-tran MY-rou NAR-dou pis-ti-KÊS po-ly-TI-mou Ê-leip-sen tous PO-das tou ee-ay-SOO kai ek-SE-mak-sen tais thrix-IN au-TÊS tous PO-das au-TOU hê de oi-KI-a e-plê-RÔ-thê ek tês os-MÊS tou MY-rou
Exegesis
The aorist participle labousa {λαβοῦσα | laboûsa} ‘having taken’ is adverbial, functioning temporally to describe the prior act of taking the ointment before the main finite verb eleipsen {ἤλειψεν | ēleipsen} ‘she anointed’.
In context — John 12:3
Therefore Mary, having taken a pound of very costly pure nard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair , and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
About this coordinate
John 12:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 12:3, so the Greek word λαβοῦσα (labousa) 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 John.12.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.3.W4.S1) and character.