John 1:46:7John.1.46.W7TAB
δύναταί
dynatai
“is able”
- Transliteration
- dy-na-TAI
- Extended
- dy-na-TAI
- IPA
- /dy.na.ˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- is 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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
dy-na-TAI
- sentence
KAI EI-PEN au-TOI na-tha-na-ÊL ek na-dza-RET dy-na-TAI ti a-ga-THON EI-nai LE-gei au-TOI ho PHI-lip-pos ER-khou KAI I-de
Exegesis
The clause dunatai ti agathon einai {δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι | dý-na-tai tí a-ga-thón eî-nai} functions as a rhetorical question, with dunatai as a modal verb expressing possibility, ti as an indefinite “anything,” agathon as a qualitative “good,” and einai as the infinitive “to be,” giving the sense “Is anything good able to be?” The word order, placing the source phrase Ek Nazaret before the verb phrase, highlights Nathanael’s skepticism about that location.
Root and etymology
dunamaidelta–upsilon–nu–alpha–mu–alpha–iota
“to be able, to have power”
In context — John 1:46
And Nathanael said to him, “Is anything good able to be from Nazareth ?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
About this coordinate
John 1:46:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 1:46, so the Greek word δύναταί (dynatai) 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 John.1.46.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.46.W7.S1) and character.