Mark 5:20:4Mark.5.20.W4TAB
ἤρξατο
êrksato
“he began”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-ksa-to
- Extended
- ayr-ksah-toh
- IPA
- /ˈɛːrk.sa.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- he began
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ÊR-ksa-to
- sentence
KAI a-PEEL-then KAI ÊR-ksa-to kê-RYS-sein en têi de-ka-PO-lei HO-sa e-POI-ê-sen au-TÔI ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI PAN-tes e-THAU-ma-dzon
Exegesis
This is followed by the aorist middle indicative verb ērxato {ἤρξατο | ḗrxato} ‘he began’ plus the present active infinitive kērússēin {κηρύσσειν | kērússēin} ‘to proclaim’, a standard idiom for initiating ongoing proclamation.
In context — Mark 5:20
And he went away and began proclaiming in the Decapolis all that Jesus had done for him, and everyone was amazed .
About this coordinate
Mark 5:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 5:20, so the Greek word ἤρξατο (êrksato) 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.5.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.20.W4.S1) and character.