Mark 6:27
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”
φέρω
To bring, to carry, to bear. Phero. Holy men of God spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit carries the messenger so the message arrives with divine accuracy.
φυλακή
prison
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φυλακή
a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or night), literally or figuratively
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κεφαλή
head
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κεφαλή
the head (as the part most readily taken hold of), literally or figuratively
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σπεκουλάτωρ
an executioner
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σπεκουλάτωρ
a speculator, i.e. military scout (spy or (by extension) life-guardsman)
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εὐθέως
immediately
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εὐθέως
directly, i.e. at once or soon
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ἐπιτάσσω
he commanded
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ἐπιτάσσω
to arrange upon, i.e. order
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