Mark 4:41:2Mark.4.41.W2TAB
ἐφοβήθησαν
ephobêthêsan
“they were afraid”
- Transliteration
- e-pho-BÊ-thê-san
- Extended
- eh-phoh-BÊ-thê-sahn
- IPA
- /e.pʰoˈbɛː.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were afraid
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pho-BÊ-thê-san
- sentence
KAI e-pho-BÊ-thê-san PHO-bon ME-gan KAI E-le-gon pros al-LÊ-lous TIS A-ra hou-TOS ES-tin HO-ti KAI ho A-ne-mos KAI hê THA-las-sa hy-pa-KOU-ei au-TÔI
Exegesis
The aorist passive verb ephobēθησαν {ἐφοβήθησαν | e-pho-bḗ-thē-san} ‘they were frightened’ presents a sudden, completed action, reinforced by the internal accusative phrase phobon megan {φόβον μέγαν | phó-bon mé-gan} ‘great fear’, a common Greek idiom to emphasize emotion.
In context — Mark 4:41
And they were seized by great fear , and they said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 4:41:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 4:41, so the Greek word ἐφοβήθησαν (ephobêthêsan) 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.4.41.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.41.W2.S1) and character.