Mark 14:8:4Mark.14.8.W4TAB

προέλαβεν

proelaben

she did beforehand

Transliteration
pro-E-la-ben
Extended
proh-EH-lah-behn
IPA
/proˈe.la.ben/

Meaning by language

English
she did beforehand

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Result
προ + έ + λα + βεν
pro + e + la + ben
proelaben

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Betav — as in victory
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    pro-E-la-ben

  2. sentence

    ho ES-khen e-POI-ee-sen pro-E-la-ben my-REE-sai to SO-ma mou eis ton en-ta-phi-as-MON

Exegesis

The following aorist indicative proelaben {προέλαβεν | pro-É-la-ben} introduces a second clause describing the temporal priority of her action, with the infinitive myrisai {μυρίσαι | mý-ri-sai} expressing purpose or intended result (“she anticipated in order to anoint”).

In contextMark 14:8

What she had she did; she has anticipated to anoint My body for the burial .

About this coordinate

Mark 14:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 14:8, so the Greek word προέλαβεν (proelaben) 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.14.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.8.W4.S1) and character.