Mark 15:8:6Mark.15.8.W6TAB
αἰτεῖσθαι
aiteisthai
“to ask”
- Transliteration
- ai-TEIS-thai
- Extended
- ai-TEES-thai
- IPA
- /aiˈtiːs.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to ask
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| 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
ai-TEIS-thai
- sentence
KAI a-na-BAS ho OKH-los ÊR-ksa-to ai-TEIS-thai ka-THÔS e-POI-ei au-TOIS
Exegesis
The main verbal idea is expressed by erxato aiteisthai {ἤρξατο αἰτεῖσθαι | ḗr-xa-to ai-teîs-thai}, a common Greek periphrasis where “began” plus an infinitive (“to ask”) indicates the inception of an activity, here the onset of repeated or extended petitions.
In context — Mark 15:8
And when the crowd had come up , they began to ask him to do just as he used to do for them.
About this coordinate
Mark 15:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 15:8, so the Greek word αἰτεῖσθαι (aiteisthai) 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.15.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.8.W6.S1) and character.