Mark 5:15:19Mark.5.15.W19TAB
ἐφοβήθησαν
ephobêthêsan
“they were afraid”
- Transliteration
- e-pho-BÊ-thê-san
- Extended
- eh-phoh-BAY-thay-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 ER-khon-tai pros ton ee-ay-SOON KAI the-ô-ROU-sin ton dai-mo-ni-DZO-me-non ka-THÊ-me-non hi-ma-tis-ME-non KAI sô-phro-NOUN-ta ton e-skhê-KO-ta ton le-gi-Ô-na KAI e-pho-BÊ-thê-san
Exegesis
The narrative concludes with the aorist passive ephobethesan {ἐφοβήθησαν | e-pho-bḗ-thē-san} ‘they were afraid’, encapsulating the crowd’s immediate response in a concise final clause. In translation, the participial chain is rendered as coordinated descriptive phrases, and the perfect participle is presented with a relative construction to retain its identifying and contrastive force before the climactic reaction of fear.
In context — Mark 5:15
And they came to Jesus , and they saw the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed, and in his right mind—the one who had had the legion ; and they were afraid.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:15:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Mark 5:15, 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.5.15.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.15.W19.S1) and character.