Mark 16:4:2Mark.16.4.W2TAB
ἀναβλέψασαι
anablepsasai
“having looked up”
- Transliteration
- a-na-BLE-psa-sai
- Extended
- ah-nah-BLEH-psah-sai
- IPA
- /a.naˈble.psa.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- having looked up
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-na-BLE-psa-sai
- sentence
KAI a-na-BLE-psa-sai the-ō-ROU-sin HO-ti a-po-ke-KY-lis-tai ho LI-thos ÊN gar ME-gas SPHO-dra
Exegesis
The aorist participle anablepsasai {ἀναβλέψασαι | anablépsasai} functions as a temporal circumstantial participle, best understood as “when they looked up,” marking an action that precedes the main verb.
In context — Mark 16:4
And having looked up, they see that the stone had been rolled away, for it was extremely great .
About this coordinate
Mark 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 16:4, so the Greek word ἀναβλέψασαι (anablepsasai) 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.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.4.W2.S1) and character.