Mark 4:36:2Mark.4.36.W2TAB
ἀφέντες
aphentes
“leaving”
- Transliteration
- a-PHEN-tes
- Extended
- ah-PHEN-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈpʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- leaving
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PHEN-tes
- sentence
KAI a-PHEN-tes ton O-khlon pa-ra-lam-BA-nou-sin au-TON hôs EEN en tôi ploI-ôi KAI AL-la PLOI-a EEN met au-TOU
Exegesis
The aorist participle aphentes {ἀφέντες | aphéntes} ‘having left’ functions adverbially to mark an action completed before the main clause.
Root and etymology
aphíēmia-p-h-i-e-m-i
“to let go, leave behind”
In context — Mark 4:36
And leaving the crowd , they took Him along just as He was in the boat; and other boats were with Him.
About this coordinate
Mark 4:36:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 4:36, so the Greek word ἀφέντες (aphentes) 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.4.36.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.36.W2.S1) and character.