Mark 14:11:3Mark.14.11.W3TAB

ἀκούσαντες

akousantes

having heard

Transliteration
a-KOU-san-tes
Extended
ah-KOU-sahn-tehs
IPA
/aˈkuː.san.tes/

Meaning by language

English
having heard

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Result
ἀ + κού + σαν + τες
a + kou + san + tes
akousantes

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    a-KOU-san-tes

  2. sentence

    hoi de a-KOU-san-tes e-KHA-rê-san kai e-pêŋ-GEI-lan-to au-TOI ar-GY-ry-ôn DOU-nai kai e-ZÊ-tei pôs au-TON eu-KAI-rôs pa-ra-DOI

Exegesis

The aorist participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | akoúsantes} functions adverbially to set the temporal framework for the main verb echárēsan {ἐχάρησαν | echárēsan}, which conveys a sudden rejoicing response.

In contextMark 14:11

But when they heard, they rejoiced and promised to give him money, and he was seeking how he might hand Him over at an opportune moment .

About this coordinate

Mark 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 14:11, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.11.W3.S1) and character.