Mark 1:20:17Mark.1.20.W17TAB
ἀπῆλθον
apêlthon
“they went away”
- Transliteration
- a-PÊL-thon
- Extended
- ah-PEHL-thohn
- IPA
- /aˈpɛːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they went away
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PÊL-thon
- sentence
KAI eu-THYS e-KA-le-sen au-TOUS KAI a-PHEN-tes ton pa-TE-ra au-TÔN ze-be-daI-on en tôi PLOI-ôi me-TA tôn mis-thô-TÔN a-PÊL-thon o-PI-sô au-TOU
Exegesis
The second kai introduces a participial construction: aphentes {ἀφέντες | aphéntes}, a nominative masculine plural aorist active participle, is grammatically connected to the subject of apelthon {ἀπῆλθον | apêlthon}, describing antecedent action (“after leaving, they went”).
The main verb apelthon {ἀπῆλθον | apêlthon} concludes the sentence, governing the prepositional phrase opiso autou {ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ | opísō autoû}, which idiomatically expresses following after someone. The Greek word order moves from Jesus’ immediate call to the disciples’ decisive abandonment and subsequent movement after Him, shaping discipleship as prompt, costly, and directional.
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to go, come”
In context — Mark 1:20
And immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 1:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 1:20, so the Greek word ἀπῆλθον (apêlthon) 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.1.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.20.W17.S1) and character.