Mark 6:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἡ δὲ ἐξελθοῦσα, εἶπεν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς, Τί αἰτήσομαι; Ἡ δὲ εἶπεν, Τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωάννου τοῦ Βαπτίστου.

Transliteration

She de exelthousa, eipen to the mētri of her, What aitēsomai? She de eipen, The kephalēn of Iōannou the Baptistou.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive particle - but/and
• *exelthousa*: aorist participle, nominative, feminine, singular - having gone out
• *eipen*: aorist, active, 3rd person, singular - said
• *mētri*: dative, feminine, singular - to mother
• *aitēsomai*: future, middle, 1st person, singular - I will ask for myself
• *kephalēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - head
• *Iōannou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of John
• *Baptistou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Baptist

Word Meanings

• *de*: but/and/now (transitional particle)
• *exelthousa*: having gone out/having departed
• *aitēsomai*: shall I ask/should I request
• *kephalēn*: head

Referenced Verses

• Gen 27:8-9 : 8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth: 10 and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
• 2 Chr 22:3-4 : 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction.
• Job 31:31 : 31 If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
• Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
• Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
• Ps 37:14 : 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
• Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
• Ezek 19:2-3 : 2 and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps. 3 And she brought up one of her whelps: he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.
• Matt 14:8 : 8 And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
• Acts 23:12-13 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.