Acts 5:39:8Acts.5.39.W8TAB
καταλῦσαι
katalusai
“to overthrow”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-LU-sai
- Extended
- kah-tah-LOO-sai
- IPA
- /ka.taˈlyː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to overthrow
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-LU-sai
- sentence
ei de ek the-OU es-tin ou dy-NEE-se-s-the ka-ta-LU-sai au-TOUS MÊ-po-te kai the-o-MA-khoi heu-re-THÊ-te e-PEI-sthê-san de au-TOI
Exegesis
The apodosis ou dynēsesthe katalysai autous {οὐ δυνήσεσθε καταλῦσαι αὐτούς | ou dynḗsesthe ka-ta-lû-sai au-toús} ‘you will not be able to overthrow them’ combines a future middle deponent with an aorist infinitive to convey inability to dismantle a divine work.
In context — Acts 5:39
But if it is from God , you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you even be found to be God-opposers. And they were persuaded by him.
About this coordinate
Acts 5:39:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 5:39, so the Greek word καταλῦσαι (katalusai) 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.5.39.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.5.39.W8.S1) and character.