Mark 10:21:4Mark.10.21.W4TAB
ἐμβλέψας
emblepsas
“having looked at”
- Transliteration
- em-BLEP-sas
- Extended
- ehm-BLEHP-sahs
- IPA
- /emˈble.psas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having looked at
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
em-BLEP-sas
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS em-BLEP-sas au-TOI ê-GA-pê-sen au-TON KAI EI-pen au-TOI HEN se hy-ste-REI HY-pa-ge HO-sa E-kheis PO-lê-son KAI dos tois ptō-KHOIS KAI HEK-seis thê-sau-RON en ou-ra-NÔI KAI DEU-ro a-ko-LOU-thei moi
Exegesis
The aorist participle emblepsas {ἐμβλέψας | em-blép-sas} ‘having looked intently’ precedes and modifies the main verb egapesen {ἠγάπησεν | ē-gá-pē-sen} ‘he loved’, forming a participial clause that presents the focused gaze as the circumstance accompanying the act of love.
Root and etymology
emblepoepsilon–mu–beta–lambda–epsilon–pi–omicron
“to look at, gaze intently”
In context — Mark 10:21
But Jesus , having looked intently at him, loved him, and He said to him, “One thing you lack: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 10:21, so the Greek word ἐμβλέψας (emblepsas) 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.10.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.21.W4.S1) and character.