Matthew 14:6:15Matt.14.6.W15TAB
ἤρεσεν
êresen
“she pleased”
- Transliteration
- Ê-re-sen
- Extended
- Ê-reh-sehn
- IPA
- /ˈeː.re.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- she pleased
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
Ê-re-sen
- sentence
ye-ne-SI-ois DE ye-no-ME-nois TOO hê-RÔ-i-doo ôr-KHÊ-sa-to HÊ thy-GA-têr TÊS hê-rô-i-di-A-dos EN TOI ME-soi KAI Ê-re-sen TOI hê-RÔ-i-dê
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links this to the result clause with the aorist verb ēresen {ἤρεσεν | É-re-sen}, “pleased,” where the dative tō Hērōidē {τῷ Ἡρῴδῃ | tôi Hē-RŌI-dē} indicates the person who experiences the pleasure. In translation, the dative absolute is rendered as a temporal clause (“when the birthday celebration of Herod had come” / “when Herod was celebrating his birthday”), and the sequence of aorist verbs is expressed with simple past forms to maintain clear narrative progression.
Root and etymology
areskōalpha–rho–epsilon–sigma–kappa–omega
“to please, to win favor”
In context — Matthew 14:6
But when the birthday celebration of Herod had come, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and she pleased Herod.
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 14:6, so the Greek word ἤρεσεν (êresen) 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.14.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.6.W15.S1) and character.