Matthew 15:24:6Matt.15.24.W6TAB
ἀπεστάλην
apestalên
“I was sent”
- Transliteration
- a-pe-STA-lên
- Extended
- ah-peh-STAH-lêhn
- IPA
- /a.peˈsta.lɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- I was sent
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-pe-STA-lên
- sentence
ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ouk a-pe-STA-lên ei mê eis ta PRO-ba-ta ta a-po-lô-LO-ta OI-kou is-ra-ÊL
Exegesis
The clause introduced by Ouk apestalēn {Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην | ouk apestálēn} “I was not sent” uses aorist passive indicative to portray a completed commissioning event in the past, with the passive voice highlighting Jesus as the One commissioned by Another.
Root and etymology
apostellōalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–omega
“to send out, dispatch”
In context — Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:24:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 15:24, so the Greek word ἀπεστάλην (apestalên) 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.15.24.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.24.W6.S1) and character.