Mark 10:12:4Mark.10.12.W4TAB
ἀπολύσασα
apolysasa
“having divorced”
- Transliteration
- a-po-LY-sa-sa
- Extended
- ah-poh-LY-sah-sah
- IPA
- /a.poˈly.sa.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- having divorced
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-LY-sa-sa
- sentence
KAI e-AN au-TEE a-po-LY-sa-sa ton AN-dra au-TÊS ga-MÊ-sê AL-lon moi-KHA-tai
Exegesis
Within the protasis, the aorist participle apolysasa {ἀπολύσασα | apolúsasa} precedes the finite verb and is nominative feminine singular, syntactically agreeing with the implied subject autē {αὐτὴ | autḕ} ‘she’ and functioning temporally and logically as prior action, “after divorcing.”
Root and etymology
lyōlambda–upsilon–omega
“to release, set free”
In context — Mark 10:12
And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery .
About this coordinate
Mark 10:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 10:12, so the Greek word ἀπολύσασα (apolysasa) 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.10.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.12.W4.S1) and character.