Mark 5:17:2Mark.5.17.W2TAB

ἤρξαντο

êrksanto

they began

Transliteration
ÊR-ksan-to
Extended
êhr-KSAN-toh
IPA
/ˈɛːr.ksan.to/

Meaning by language

English
they began

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Result
ἤρ + ξαν + το
êr + ksan + to
êrksanto

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Xix — as in axiom (ks)
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊR-ksan-to

  2. sentence

    KAI ÊR-ksan-to pa-ra-ka-LEIN au-TON a-pel-THEIN a-PO tÔN ho-RI-ōn au-TÔN

Exegesis

The aorist middle indicative ērxanto {ἤρξαντο | ḗrxanto} ‘they began’ governs two infinitives, parakalein {παρακαλεῖν | parakaleîn} ‘to urge’ and apelthein {ἀπελθεῖν | apeltheîn} ‘to depart,’ forming a complementary infinitive construction that expresses an initiated request.

In contextMark 5:17

And they began to urge Him to depart from their region .

About this coordinate

Mark 5:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 5:17, so the Greek word ἤρξαντο (êrksanto) 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.5.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.17.W2.S1) and character.