Mark 14:1:23Mark.14.1.W23TAB
ἀποκτείνωσιν
apokteinôsin
“they might kill”
- Transliteration
- a-pok-TEI-nô-sin
- Extended
- ah-pohk-TEI-noh-sin
- IPA
- /a.pokˈtei.nɔː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they might kill
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-pok-TEI-nô-sin
- sentence
ÊN de to PAS-kha KAI ta A-dzy-ma me-TA DY-o hê-ME-ras KAI e-ZÊ-toun hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS PÔS au-TON en DO-lô kra-TÊE-san-tes a-pok-TEI-nô-sin
Exegesis
The aorist participle kratesantes {κρατήσαντες | kra-tḗ-san-tes} and the aorist subjunctive apokteinosin {ἀποκτείνωσιν | a-pok-teí-nō-sin} form an attendant-circumstance construction that links the act of seizing with the purpose of killing, which in English is rendered with a purpose clause (“so they could kill Him”) or with “they might kill Him” to capture the subjunctive nuance.
In context — Mark 14:1
Now the Passover and the Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how, by craft, they might seize Him and kill Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:1:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Mark 14:1, so the Greek word ἀποκτείνωσιν (apokteinôsin) 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.14.1.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.1.W23.S1) and character.