Mark 14:6:5Mark.14.6.W5TAB

Ἄφετε

aphete

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Transliteration
A-phe-te
Extended
AH-pheh-teh
IPA
/ˈa.pʰe.te/

Meaning by language

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Result
Ἄ + φε + τε
a + phe + te
aphete

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Phiph — as in phone (f)
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    A-phe-te

  2. sentence

    ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen A-phe-te au-TEEN TEE au-TEI KO-pous pa-RE-khe-te ka-LON ER-gon hêr-GA-sa-to en e-MOI

Exegesis

Within the speech, aphete auten {Ἄφετε αὐτήν | Á-phe-te au-tḗn} uses the second person plural aorist imperative to issue a decisive, urgent command to the surrounding group, protecting the woman as the direct object.

In contextMark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why do you cause her trouble ? She has done a good work for Me.”

About this coordinate

Mark 14:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 14:6, so the Greek word Ἄφετε (aphete) 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.14.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.6.W5.S1) and character.