Mark 15:43:14Mark.15.43.W14TAB
βασιλείαν
basileian
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-an
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEI-ahn
- IPA
- /ba.siˈlei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-an
- phraseyour reading level
hos KAI au-TOS ÊN pros-de-KHO-me-nos tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU
- sentence
el-THON i-ō-SÊPH ho a-PO ha-ri-ma-tha-IAS eu-SKHÊ-mōn bou-leu-TÊS hos KAI au-TOS ÊN pros-de-KHO-me-nos tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU tol-MÊ-sas ei-SÊL-then pros ton pi-LA-ton KAI hêi-TÊ-sa-to to SÔ-ma tou ee-ay-SOO
Exegesis
A relative clause follows: hos kai autos ēn prosdechomenos tēn basileian tou Theou {ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν προσδεχόμενος τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | hos kai au-tos ēn pros-de-kho-me-nos tēn ba-si-leí-an tou The-ou}. Here kai autos adds emphasis (“he himself also”), and the periphrastic construction ēn + prosdechomenos portrays an ongoing state of expectation, “was waiting for,” regarding the basileia tou Theou, “the kingdom of God,” which frames Joseph as a true eschatological believer.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Mark 15:43
Joseph from Arimathea, a respected council member , who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God , came and, having taken courage, went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:43:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 15:43, so the Greek word βασιλείαν (basileian) 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.15.43.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.43.W14.S1) and character.