Mark 14:37:17Mark.14.37.W17TAB
γρηγορῆσαι
grêgorêsai
“to keep watch”
- Transliteration
- grê-go-RÊ-sai
- Extended
- greh-go-REH-sai
- IPA
- /grɛː.goˈrɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep watch
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
grê-go-RÊ-sai
- sentence
KAI ER-khe-tai KAI heu-RI-skei au-TOUS ka-THEU-don-tas KAI LE-gei tôi PE-troi SI-mōn ka-THEU-deis ouk IS-khy-sas MI-an HŌ-ran grê-go-RÊ-sai
Exegesis
This is immediately followed by another question built around the aorist verb ischysas {ἴσχυσας | ís-khy-sas} with the complementary infinitive grēgorēsai {γρηγορῆσαι | grē-go-rē-sai}, forming the sense “were you able to keep watch?”
In context — Mark 14:37
And He came and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, “Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:37:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 14:37, so the Greek word γρηγορῆσαι (grêgorêsai) 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.14.37.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.37.W17.S1) and character.