Mark 14:46:5Mark.14.46.W5TAB
χεῖρας
kheiras
“hands”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-ras
- Extended
- KHEI-rahs
- IPA
- /ˈkʰei.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHEI-ras
- sentence
hoi de e-PE-ba-lan TAS KHEI-ras au-TOI kai e-KRA-tê-san au-TON
Exegesis
The aorist verb epebalan {ἐπέβαλαν | epé-ba-lan} takes as its direct object the articular noun phrase tas kheiras {τὰς χεῖρας | tàs kheî-ras} and the indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | autôi}, forming the idiom “to lay hands on someone,” which carries a hostile or arresting sense in narrative contexts.
Root and etymology
kheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand, arm”
In context — Mark 14:46
And they laid their hands on Him and seized Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 14:46, so the Greek word χεῖρας (kheiras) 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.14.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.46.W5.S1) and character.