Mark 6:27 — King James Version← Study notes
“And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”
Mark 6:27 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Mark 6:2718 words
καὶkaiand / also
εὐθὺςeuthysanon, by and by, forthwith
ἀποστείλαςaposteilassend away
ὁhothe
βασιλεὺςbasileusking
σπεκουλάτοραspekoulatoraexecutioner
ἐπέταξενepetaxencharge, command, injoin
ἐνέγκαιenenkaibe, bear, bring (forth)
τὴνtēnthe
κεφαλὴνkephalēnhead
αὐτοῦautouhe / she / it / same
καὶkaiand / also
ἀπελθὼνapelthōncome, depart, go
(aside
ἀπεκεφάλισενapekephalisenbehead
αὐτὸνautonhe / she / it / same
ἐνenabout, after, against
τῇtēthe
φυλακῇphylakēcage, hold, (im-)prison(-ment)
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
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