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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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-E-la-ben
- 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 context — Mark 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.