2 Corinthians 13:8:32 Cor.13.8.W3TAB
δυνάμεθα
dynametha
“we are able”
- Transliteration
- dy-NA-me-tha
- Extended
- dü-NAH-meh-thah
- IPA
- /dyˈna.me.tʰa/
Meaning by language
- English
- we are able
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
dy-NA-me-tha
- sentence
ou gar dy-NA-me-tha ti ka-TA tês a-lê-THEI-as al-LA hy-PER tês a-lê-THEI-as
Exegesis
The present-tense verb phrase ou gar dynametha {οὐ γὰρ δυνάμεθα | ou gàr dy-ná-me-tha} ‘we are not able’ conveys ongoing inability, with the indefinite pronoun ti {τι | ti} ‘anything’ extending the negation universally.
In context — 2 Corinthians 13:8
For we have no ability to do anything contrary to the truth , but only in support of it.
About this coordinate
2 Corinthians 13:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Corinthians 13:8, so the Greek word δυνάμεθα (dynametha) 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 2 Cor.13.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Cor.13.8.W3.S1) and character.