Mark 14:13:2Mark.14.13.W2TAB
ἀποστέλλει
apostellei
“he sends”
- Transliteration
- a-po-STEL-lei
- Extended
- ah-poh-STEL-lei
- IPA
- /a.poˈstel.lei/
Meaning by language
- English
- he sends
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-STEL-lei
- sentence
KAI a-po-STEL-lei DY-o tôn ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU KAI LE-gei au-TOIS hy-PA-ge-te eis tên PO-lin KAI a-pan-TÊ-sei hy-MIN AN-thrô-pos ke-RA-mi-on HY-da-tos bas-TA-dzôn a-ko-lou-THÊ-sa-te au-TÔI
Exegesis
The verse opens with coordinated historical present verbs, apostellei {ἀποστέλλει | apostéllei} and legei {λέγει | légei}, joined by kai {καί | kaí}, which create a vivid narrative effect while describing past events.
Root and etymology
apostelloalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–omega
“to send forth, dispatch”
In context — Mark 14:13
And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him.”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 14:13, so the Greek word ἀποστέλλει (apostellei) 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.14.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.13.W2.S1) and character.