Acts 26:32:7Acts.26.32.W7TAB
ἐδύνατο
edynato
“was able”
- Transliteration
- e-DY-na-to
- Extended
- eh-DY-nah-toh
- IPA
- /eˈdy.na.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- was able
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-DY-na-to
- sentence
a-GRI-pas de tôi PHÊ-stôi E-phê a-po-le-LY-sthai e-DY-na-to ho AN-thrô-pos HOU-tos ei mê e-pe-KE-klē-to KAI-sa-ra
Exegesis
Within the reported statement, Apolelysthai edynato {Ἀπολελύσθαι ἐδύνατο | A-po-le-lý-sthai e-dý-na-to} forms a periphrastic-like construction expressing unreal past potential: the perfect infinitive Apolelysthai ‘to have been released’ depends on the imperfect edynato ‘he was able’, which in context yields “could have been released.”
In context — Acts 26:32
But Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar .”
About this coordinate
Acts 26:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 26:32, so the Greek word ἐδύνατο (edynato) 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.26.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.32.W7.S1) and character.