Acts 15:1:20Acts.15.1.W20TAB
σωθῆναι.
sôthênai
“to be saved”
- Transliteration
- sô-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- soh-THAY-nai
- IPA
- /sɔːˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be saved
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
sô-THÊ-nai
- sentence
KAI TI-nes ka-tel-THON-tes a-PO tês i-ou-da-I-as e-DI-das-kon tous a-del-PHOUS HO-ti e-AN mê pe-ri-tmê-THÊ-te tôi E-thei tôi mô-y-se-OS ou DY-nas-the sô-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
The apodosis ou dunasthe sōthēnai {οὐ δύνασθε σωθῆναι | ou dýnasthe sōthênai} combines a negative particle with a verb of ability and an infinitive to assert the inability to attain salvation apart from this requirement, placing the condition before the result to highlight the contentious demand.
Root and etymology
sōzōsigma–omega–iota–zeta–omega
“to save, deliver”
In context — Acts 15:1
Now some men, having come down from Judea, were teaching the brothers that unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:1:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 15:1, so the Greek word σωθῆναι. (sôthênai) 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 Acts.15.1.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.1.W20.S1) and character.