Mark 15:6:9Mark.15.6.W9TAB
παρῃτοῦντο
parêtounto
“they were asking”
- Transliteration
- pa-rê-TOUN-to
- Extended
- pah-rê-TOO(n)-toh
- IPA
- /pa.rɛːˈtuːn.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were asking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-rê-TOUN-to
- sentence
ka-TA de he-or-TÊN a-PE-ly-en au-TOIS HE-na DES-mi-on HON pa-rê-TOUN-to
Exegesis
A relative clause hon parētounto {ὃν παρητοῦντο | hòn parētoûnto} immediately follows this noun phrase; the relative pronoun hon links back to “prisoner,” while the imperfect middle verb parētounto portrays the crowd’s repeated or ongoing requests for a specific prisoner. The word order in Greek places the temporal frame first, then the habitual action, then the beneficiary and object, and finally the qualifying relative clause, a structure that is mirrored in translation while smoothing idiomatic expressions into natural English.
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 15:6
Now at the feast he used to release for them one prisoner whom they were requesting .
About this coordinate
Mark 15:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 15:6, so the Greek word παρῃτοῦντο (parêtounto) 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.15.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.6.W9.S1) and character.