Mark 6:7:8Mark.6.7.W8TAB
ἀποστέλλειν
apostellein
“to send out”
- Transliteration
- a-pos-TEL-lein
- Extended
- ah-pohs-TEHL-lay-een
- IPA
- /a.posˈtel.lein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to send out
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-pos-TEL-lein
- sentence
KAI pros-ka-LEI-tai tous DÔ-de-ka KAI ÊR-ksa-to au-TOUS a-pos-TEL-lein DY-o DY-o KAI e-DI-dou au-TOIS ek-sou-SI-an tôn pneu-MA-tōn tôn a-ka-THAR-tōn
Exegesis
The aorist middle erxato {ἤρξατο | ḗr-xa-to} “began” functions as an auxiliary that governs the infinitive apostellein {ἀποστέλλειν | a-po-stél-lein} “to send out,” producing a periphrastic-like construction that highlights the inception of a new phase of ministry.
Root and etymology
apostelloalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega
“to send away, dispatch”
In context — Mark 6:7
And He summoned the twelve to Himself and began sending them out two by two, granting them authority over the unclean spirits.
About this coordinate
Mark 6:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 6:7, so the Greek word ἀποστέλλειν (apostellein) 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.6.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.7.W8.S1) and character.