Mark 2:17:20Mark.2.17.W20PAT
καλέσαι
kalesai
“to call”
- Transliteration
- ka-LE-sai
- Extended
- kah-LE-sai
- IPA
- /kaˈle.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to call
- French
- appeler
- Spanish
- llamar
- Portuguese
- chamar
- German
- zu rufen
- Russian
- призвать
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأدعو
- Hindi
- बुलाने
- Chinese-Simplified
- 呼召
- Korean
- 부르다
- Indonesian
- memanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকতে
- Tagalog
- tumawag
- Swahili
- kuita
- Amharic
- ለመጥራት
- Yoruba
- pé
- Igbo
- ịkpọ
- Twi
- frɛ
- Ewe
- fɔ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-LE-sai
- clause
ouk ÊL-thon ka-LE-sai di-KAI-ous al-LA ha-mar-tô-LOOS
- sentence
kai a-KOO-sas ho ee-ay-SOOS LE-gei au-TOIS HO-ti ou KHREI-an E-KHOO-sin hoi is-KHY-on-tes i-a-TROO al hoi ka-KÔS E-KHON-tes ouk ÊL-thon ka-LE-sai di-KAI-ous al-LA ha-mar-tô-LOOS
In context — Mark 2:17
and having heard {the} Jesus {He} says to them that not need have those healthy of a physician but those ill having not I came to call righteous but sinners
About this coordinate
Mark 2:17:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Mark 2:17, so the Greek word καλέσαι (kalesai) 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.2.17.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.2.17.W20.S1) and character.