Mark 6:16:1Mark.6.16.W1TAB
ἀκούσας
akousas
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-sas
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahs
- IPA
- /aˈkuː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-KOU-sas
- sentence
a-KOU-sas de ho hê-ROH-dês E-le-gen HON e-GO a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa i-ô-AN-nên HOU-tos ê-GER-thê
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist participle akousas {ἀκούσας | a-koú-sas} ‘having heard’, which functions temporally, setting the background circumstance for the main action.
Root and etymology
akoualpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon
“to hear, listen”
In context — Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised up .”
About this coordinate
Mark 6:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 6:16, so the Greek word ἀκούσας (akousas) 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.6.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.16.W1.S1) and character.