Mark 14:40:6Mark.14.40.W6TAB
καθεύδοντας
katheudontas
“sleeping”
- Transliteration
- ka-THEU-don-tas
- Extended
- kah-THEU-dohn-tahs
- IPA
- /kaˈtʰeu.don.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- sleeping
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-THEU-don-tas
- 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 object autous {αὐτούς | au-toús} “them” is further specified by the participle katheudontas {καθεύδοντας | ka-theú-don-tas} “sleeping,” giving a circumstantial description of their state.
Root and etymology
euepsilon–upsilon
“well, good”
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 14:40:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 14:40, so the Greek word καθεύδοντας (katheudontas) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.40.W6.S1) and character.