Mark 9:26:5Mark.9.26.W5TAB
σπαράξας
sparaksas
“having convulsed”
- Transliteration
- spa-RA-ksas
- Extended
- spah-RAH-ksahs
- IPA
- /spaˈra.ksas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having convulsed
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
spa-RA-ksas
- sentence
KAI KRA-ksas KAI pol-LA spa-RA-ksas ek-SÊL-then KAI e-GE-ne-to hô-se-I ne-KROS HÔ-ste tous pol-LOUS LE-gein HO-ti a-PE-tha-nen
Exegesis
The verse employs two aorist participles, kraxas {κράξας | kráx-as} ‘having cried out’ and sparaxas {σπαράξας | sparáx-as} ‘having convulsed’, which set the temporal stage for the main verb exelthen {ἐξῆλθεν | exêl-then} ‘it came out’, marking the climactic departure of the unclean spirit.
Root and etymology
sparassosigma–pi–alpha–rho–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega
“to convulse, shake violently”
In context — Mark 9:26
And after crying out and violently convulsing him , it came out; and he was as if dead , so that many said, “He has died.”
About this coordinate
Mark 9:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 9:26, so the Greek word σπαράξας (sparaksas) 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.9.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.26.W5.S1) and character.