Mark 7:27:4Mark.7.27.W4TAB
Ἄφες
aphes
“allow”
- Transliteration
- A-phes
- Extended
- AH-phehs
- IPA
- /ˈa.pʰes/
Meaning by language
- English
- allow
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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A-phes
- sentence
KAI E-le-gen au-TEE A-phes PRO-ton khor-ta-STHÊ-nai TA TEK-na ou GAR ka-LON ES-tin la-BEIN ton AR-ton tôn TEK-nōn KAI tois ky-na-RI-ois ba-LEIN
Exegesis
The imperative aphes {Ἄφες | Á-phes} governs the infinitive chortasthēnai {χορτασθῆναι | khor-tas-thê-nai}, forming an imperative-infinitive construction that expresses what is to be permitted.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–phi–iota–eta–mu–iota
“to let go, release”
In context — Mark 7:27
And He said to her, “Permit first the children to be satisfied , for it is not proper to take the children’s bread and to throw it to the dogs.”
About this coordinate
Mark 7:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 7:27, so the Greek word Ἄφες (aphes) 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.7.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.27.W4.S1) and character.