Mark 15:36:18Mark.15.36.W18TAB
καθελεῖν
kathelein
“to take down”
- Transliteration
- ka-the-LEIN
- Extended
- kah-theh-LEIN
- IPA
- /ka.tʰeˈleːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to take down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-the-LEIN
- clause
A-phe-te I-dō-men ei ER-khe-tai ê-LEE-as ka-the-LEIN au-TON
- sentence
dra-MON DE tis KAI ge-MI-sas SPO-ngon OK-sous pe-ri-THEIS ka-LA-mō e-PO-ti-dzen au-TON LE-gōn A-phe-te I-dō-men ei ER-khe-tai ê-LEE-as ka-the-LEIN au-TON
Exegesis
The infinitive kathelein {καθελεῖν | ka-the-leîn} expresses Elijah’s anticipated purpose, “to take Him down,” tightly linking Elijah’s messianic-forerunner role in Jewish expectation to the hope that he might intervene in Jesus’ crucifixion. In English, the formal rendering preserves the participial sequence to reflect the Greek narrative pacing, whereas the dynamic rendering condenses the participles into a smoother series of finite verbs while maintaining the conditional and hortatory nuances of the speech.
In context — Mark 15:36
And someone, having run and having filled a sponge with vinegar , and having put it on a reed, was giving Him a drink, saying, “Leave Him alone; let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:36:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Mark 15:36, so the Greek word καθελεῖν (kathelein) 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.15.36.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.36.W18.S1) and character.