Mark 10:47:2Mark.10.47.W2TAB
ἀκούσας
akousas
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-sas
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-sas
- sentence
KAI a-KOU-sas HO-ti ee-ay-SOOS ho na-dza-rê-NOS ES-tin ÊR-ksa-to KRA-dzein KAI LE-gein hy-E DA-wid ee-ay-SOO e-LE-ê-SON me
Exegesis
The verse begins with the circumstantial participle akousas {ἀκούσας | a-koú-sas} ‘having heard,’ functioning temporally to set the occasion for the main action.
In context — Mark 10:47
And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and to say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."
About this coordinate
Mark 10:47:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 10:47, so the Greek word ἀκούσας (akousas) 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.10.47.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.47.W2.S1) and character.