Mark 6:28
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And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother.

Context
The Beheading of John
27But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. 28And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother. 29Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.…
Cross References
Matthew 14:8
But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:27
But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Mark 6:29
Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Lexicon
[The man] brought
ἤνεγκεν (ēnenken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 5342: To carry, bear, bring; I conduct, lead; perhaps: I make publicly known. A primary verb.

[John’s]
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

head
κεφαλὴν (kephalēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

on
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

a platter
πίνακι (pinaki)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 4094: A plate, platter, disc, dish. Apparently a form of plax; a plate.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

presented
ἔδωκεν (edōken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

it
αὐτὴν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to the
τῷ (tō)
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

girl,
κορασίῳ (korasiō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2877: A little girl, a young girl; a girl, maiden. Neuter of a presumed derivative of kore; a girl.

[who]
κοράσιον (korasion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2877: A little girl, a young girl; a girl, maiden. Neuter of a presumed derivative of kore; a girl.

gave
ἔδωκεν (edōken)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.

it
αὐτὴν (autēn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to her
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

mother.
μητρὶ (mētri)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'.


Additional Translations
The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

and brought his head upon a platter, and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.

and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

And brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, who gave it to her mother.

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.

and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;
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