Mark 14:37:4Mark.14.37.W4TAB
εὑρίσκει
heuriskei
“he finds”
- Transliteration
- heu-RI-skei
- Extended
- heh-oo-RIH-skei
- IPA
- /heuˈris.kei/
Meaning by language
- English
- he finds
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
heu-RI-skei
- 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
The subject, implied in the third person singular verbs erchetai {ἔρχεται | ér-khe-tai} ‘He comes’, heuriskei {εὑρίσκει | heu-rís-kei} ‘He finds’, and legei {λέγει | lé-gei} ‘He says’, is Jesus, whose actions progress from movement to discovery to speech.
Root and etymology
heuriskōepsilon–upsilon with rough breathing–rho–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to find, discover”
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 14:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 14:37, so the Greek word εὑρίσκει (heuriskei) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.37.W4.S1) and character.