Mark 14:8:5Mark.14.8.W5TAB
μυρίσαι
myreesai
“to anoint”
- Transliteration
- my-REE-sai
- Extended
- myoo-REE-sai
- IPA
- /myˈri.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to anoint
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
my-REE-sai
- 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”).
Root and etymology
myrizomu–upsilon–rho–iota–zeta–omega
“to anoint with myrrh or perfume”
In context — Mark 14:8
What she had she did; she has anticipated to anoint My body for the burial .
About this coordinate
Mark 14:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 14:8, so the Greek word μυρίσαι (myreesai) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.8.W5.S1) and character.