Mark 10:2:8Mark.10.2.W8TAB
ἀπολῦσαι
apolysai
“to divorce”
- Transliteration
- a-po-LY-sai
- Extended
- ah-poh-LY-sai
- IPA
- /a.poˈly.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to divorce
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-LY-sai
- sentence
KAI e-pê-ROH-tōn au-TON ei EK-ses-tin an-DRI gy-NAI-ka a-po-LY-sai pei-RA-dzon-tes au-TON
Exegesis
Within that clause, the dative andri {ἀνδρὶ | an-dri} ‘for a man’ marks the beneficiary, the accusative gynaika {γυναῖκα | gy-naî-ka} ‘a wife’ names the object, and the aorist infinitive apolūsai {ἀπολῦσαι | a-po-lû-sai} ‘to divorce’ expresses the action, with autēn {αὐτήν | au-tḗn} ‘her’ as its object. This construction highlights both the legal question of divorce and the Pharisees’ intent to entangle Jesus in a halakhic dilemma.
Root and etymology
Rootlambda–upsilon–omega
“to loosen, release”
In context — Mark 10:2
And the Pharisees came and questioned Jesus whether it is permitted for a man to divorce a wife, testing Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 10:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 10:2, so the Greek word ἀπολῦσαι (apolysai) 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.10.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.2.W8.S1) and character.