Mark 14:40:17Mark.14.40.W17TAB
ἀποκριθῶσιν
apokrithôsin
“they should answer”
- Transliteration
- a-po-kri-THÔ-sin
- Extended
- ah-poh-kri-THOH-sihn
- IPA
- /a.po.kriˈtʰɔː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they should answer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| 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-po-kri-THÔ-sin
- sentence
kai PA-lin el-THŌN HEU-ren au-TOUS ka-THEU-don-tas Ê-san gar au-TÔN hoi oph-thal-MOI ka-ta-ba-ry-NO-me-noi kai ouk Êi-dei-san TI a-po-kri-THÔ-sin au-TÔI
Exegesis
The final clause kai ouk edeisan ti apokrithosin auto {καὶ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν τί ἀποκριθῶσιν αὐτῷ | kaí ouk ḗ-dei-san tí a-po-kri-thô-sin au-tôi} uses the pluperfect edeisan “they knew,” functioning with present force, negated by ouk to indicate their present inability, plus the interrogative ti “what” and the aorist subjunctive apokrithosin {ἀποκριθῶσιν | a-po-kri-thô-sin} in an indirect-question construction, “what they might answer Him.” English rendering adjusts word order, moving temporal and causal elements (“when He came again,” “because their eyes were so heavy”) into more natural positions while preserving the temporal sequence, causal linkage, and the sense of confusion and shame conveyed by the negated “they knew” plus subjunctive.
In context — Mark 14:40
And again, having come, He found them sleeping , for their eyes were being weighed down, and they did not know what they might answer Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:40:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 14:40, so the Greek word ἀποκριθῶσιν (apokrithôsin) 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.14.40.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.40.W17.S1) and character.