Mark 1:18:3Mark.1.18.W3TAB
ἀφέντες
aphentes
“having left”
- Transliteration
- a-PHEN-tes
- Extended
- ah-PHEHN-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈpʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having left
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PHEN-tes
- sentence
kai eu-THYS a-PHEN-tes ta DIK-ty-a ê-ko-lou-THÊ-san au-TOI
Exegesis
The aorist active participle aphentes {ἀφέντες | a-phén-tes} ‘having left’ functions as an attendant circumstance participle, presenting the decisive act of abandoning their work as occurring just prior to and in close connection with the main action.
Root and etymology
aphiēmialpha–phi–iota–eta–mu–iota
“to let go, release”
In context — Mark 1:18
And immediately they left their nets and followed Him .
About this coordinate
Mark 1:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 1:18, so the Greek word ἀφέντες (aphentes) 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.1.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.18.W3.S1) and character.