Mark 15:18:3Mark.15.18.W3TAB
ἀσπάζεσθαι
aspadzesthai
“to salute”
- Transliteration
- a-SPA-dze-sthai
- Extended
- ah-SPAH-dzehs-thai
- IPA
- /aˈspa.dze.stʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to salute
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-SPA-dze-sthai
- sentence
KAI ÊR-ksan-to a-SPA-dze-sthai au-TON KHAI-re ba-si-LEU tôn iou-dai-ÔN
Exegesis
The aorist middle indicative erxanto {ἤρξαντο | ḗrxan-to} combined with the present middle infinitive aspazesthai {ἀσπάζεσθαι | aspá-ze-sthai} forms a complementary infinitive construction, “they began to greet,” marking the onset of a new, sustained activity.
Root and etymology
aspazomaialpha–sigma–pi–alpha–zeta–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to greet, welcome, salute”
In context — Mark 15:18
And they began to greet Him , “Hail, King of the Jews!”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 15:18, so the Greek word ἀσπάζεσθαι (aspadzesthai) 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.15.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.18.W3.S1) and character.