Matthew 14:3:4Matt.14.3.W4TAB
κρατήσας
kratêsas
“having seized”
- Transliteration
- kra-TÊ-sas
- Extended
- krah-TÊ-sahs
- IPA
- /kra.ˈteː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having seized
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
kra-TÊ-sas
- sentence
ho GAR hê-RÔ-dês kra-TÊ-sas TON i-ô-AN-nên E-dê-sen au-TON KAI en phy-la-KÊ a-PE-the-to di-A hê-rô-di-A-da TÊN gy-NAI-ka phi-LIP-poo TOU a-del-PHOO au-TOU
Exegesis
The subject Herodes {Ἡρῴδης | Hērōidēs} ‘Herod’ is followed by the aorist participle kratesas {κρατήσας | kratēsas} ‘having seized’, creating a circumstantial participial clause that sets up the prior action leading into the main verbs.
Root and etymology
krateokappa–rho–alpha–tau–epsilon–omega
“to be strong, to seize, to hold fast”
In context — Matthew 14:3
For Herod , having seized John, bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias , the wife of Philip, his brother.
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 14:3, so the Greek word κρατήσας (kratêsas) 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 Matt.14.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.3.W4.S1) and character.