Mark 6:16:8Mark.6.16.W8TAB
ἀπεκεφάλισα
apekephalisa
“I beheaded”
- Transliteration
- a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa
- Extended
- ah-peh-keh-PHAH-li-sah
- IPA
- /a.pe.keˈpʰa.li.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- I beheaded
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa
- 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
Within the quotation, the relative pronoun hon {Ὃν | hòn} ‘whom’ introduces a relative clause that recalls John’s execution and is fronted for emphasis in Greek word order: hon egō apekephalisa Iōannēn {Ὃν ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα Ἰωάννην | hòn egṓ a-pe-ke-pha-lí-sa I-ō-án-nēn}, with the emphatic subject ego {ἐγὼ | e-gṓ} underscoring Herod’s personal responsibility.
Root and etymology
kephalkappa–epsilon–phi–alpha–lambda
“head”
In context — Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised up .”
About this coordinate
Mark 6:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 6:16, so the Greek word ἀπεκεφάλισα (apekephalisa) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.16.W8.S1) and character.