Mark 5:4:8Mark.5.4.W8TAB
δεδέσθαι
dedesthai
“to have been bound”
- Transliteration
- de-DES-thai
- Extended
- deh-DEHS-tʰai
- IPA
- /deˈdes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to have been bound
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
de-DES-thai
- sentence
di-A to au-TON pol-LA-kis PE-dais KAI ha-LY-se-si de-DES-thai KAI di-es-PAS-thai hyp au-TOU tas ha-LY-seis KAI tas PE-das syn-te-TRIPH-thai KAI ou-de-IS IS-khy-en au-TON da-MA-sai
Exegesis
The perfect infinitives dedesthai {δεδέσθαι | dedésthai}, diespasthai {διεσπάσθαι | diespásthai}, and syntetriphthai {συντετρῖφθαι | syntetrîphthai} depict completed actions whose results persist, underscoring the futility of the restraints.
In context — Mark 5:4
For he had often been bound with fetters and chains , yet he tore the chains apart and smashed the fetters, and no one had strength to subdue him.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 5:4, so the Greek word δεδέσθαι (dedesthai) 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.5.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.4.W8.S1) and character.