John 13:5:8John.13.5.W8TAB

ἤρξατο

êrksato

began

Transliteration
ÊR-ksa-to
Extended
ÊR-ksa-to
IPA
/ˈeːrk.sa.to/

Meaning by language

English
began

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Result
ἤρ + ξα + το
êr + ksa + to
êrksato

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Xix — as in axiom (ks)
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊR-ksa-to

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI ÊR-ksa-to NIP-tein tous PO-das TÔN ma-thê-TÔN

  3. sentence

    EI-ta BAL-lei HY-dôr eis ton nip-TÊ-ra KAI ÊR-ksa-to NIP-tein tous PO-das TÔN ma-thê-TÔN KAI ek-MAS-sein TÔI len-TI-ôi hôi ÊN di-e-zôs-ME-nos

Exegesis

The aorist middle verb erxato {ἤρξατο | ḗr-xa-to} ‘he began’ introduces an infinitival construction with two coordinated infinitives: niptein {νίπτειν | níp-tein} ‘to wash’ and ekmassein {ἐκμάσσειν | ek-más-sein} ‘to wipe.’

In contextJohn 13:5

Then He pours water into the basin and begins to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.

About this coordinate

John 13:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 13:5, 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 John.13.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.13.5.W8.S1) and character.