Mark 5:26:21Mark.5.26.W21TAB
ἐλθοῦσα
elthousa
“having come”
- Transliteration
- el-THOU-sa
- Extended
- ehl-THOO-sah
- IPA
- /elˈtʰuː.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
el-THOU-sa
- sentence
KAI pol-LA pa-THOU-sa hy-PO pol-LŌN i-a-TRŌN KAI da-pa-NĒ-sa-sa ta par au-TÊS PAN-ta KAI mê-DEN ō-phe-lē-THEI-sa al-LA MAL-lon eis to KHEI-ron el-THOU-sa
Exegesis
The verse employs a series of aorist participles—pathousa {παθοῦσα | pathoûsa} ‘having suffered,’ dapanēsasa {δαπανήσασα | dapanḗsasa} ‘having spent,’ and elthousa {ἐλθοῦσα | elthoûsa} ‘having come’—to depict the woman’s trials as completed actions that cumulatively intensify the narrative.
Finally, the adversative clause alla mallon eis to kheiron elthousa {ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλθοῦσα | allá mâllon eis tó kheîron elthoûsa} contrasts expectation with reality, literally ‘entering into the worse,’ highlighting the deepening of her condition rather than its relief.
In context — Mark 5:26
She suffered much under many physicians and, having expended all her means, received no relief, but instead grew worse.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:26:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Mark 5:26, so the Greek word ἐλθοῦσα (elthousa) 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.5.26.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.26.W21.S1) and character.