Mark 7:26:10Mark.7.26.W10TAB
ἠρώτα
êrôta
“was asking”
- Transliteration
- ê-RÔ-ta
- Extended
- ê-RÔ-tah
- IPA
- /ɛːˈrɔː.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- was asking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ê-RÔ-ta
- sentence
hê de gy-NE ÊN hel-lê-NIS sy-ro-phoi-NI-kis-sa tôi GE-nei kai ê-RÔ-ta au-TON HI-na to dai-MO-ni-on ek-BA-lê ek tês thy-ga-TROS au-TÊS
Exegesis
The clause kai erota auton {καὶ ἠρῶτα αὐτὸν | kaí ērota autón} introduces ongoing action through the imperfect erota, portraying repeated or continual pleading directed to auton, which in the wider narrative clearly refers back to Jesus.
Root and etymology
ousomicron–upsilon–sigma
“ear, organ of hearing”
In context — Mark 7:26
But the woman was Greek , a Syrophoenician by race, and she pleaded with Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.
About this coordinate
Mark 7:26:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 7:26, so the Greek word ἠρώτα (êrôta) 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.7.26.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.26.W10.S1) and character.