Mark 15:21:16Mark.15.21.W16TAB
ἄρῃ
arêi
“he might carry”
- Transliteration
- A-rêi
- Extended
- AH-rêi
- IPA
- /ˈa.rɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- he might carry
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
A-rêi
- sentence
KAI an-ga-REU-ou-sin pa-RA-gon-TA TI-na SI-mo-na ky-ray-nai-ON er-KHO-me-non ap a-GROU ton pa-TE-ra a-le-KSAN-drou KAI RHOU-phou HI-na A-rêi ton stau-RON au-TOU
Exegesis
The purpose conjunction hina {ἵνα | hína} introduces a subordinate clause with arē {ἄρῃ | árē}, an aorist subjunctive, expressing the intended result of the compulsion: “so that he might carry.”
Root and etymology
paraiteomaipi–alpha–rho–alpha–iota–tau–epsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to ask for, to request earnestly, to decline by request”
In context — Mark 15:21
And they compelled Simon of Cyrene, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he might carry His cross .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 15:21, so the Greek word ἄρῃ (arêi) 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.15.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.21.W16.S1) and character.