John 10:21:11John.10.21.W11TAB
δύναται
dynatai
“can”
- Transliteration
- DY-na-tai
- Extended
- DY-nah-tai
- IPA
- /ˈdy.na.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- can
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
AL-loi E-le-gon TAU-ta ta RHÊ-ma-ta ouk ES-tin dai-mo-ni-dzo-ME-nou mê dai-MO-ni-on DY-na-tai ty-phlÔN oph-thal-MOUS a-NOI-ksai
Exegesis
The next clause, mē daimonion dunatai typhlōn ophthalmous anoixai {μὴ δαιμόνιον δύναται τυφλῶν ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀνοῖξαι | mḗ daimónion dýnatai typhlôn ophthalmous anoîxai}, is a rhetorical question introduced by mē, which signals an expected negative answer.
In context — John 10:21
Others were saying, “These are not the words of one who is demonized . Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
About this coordinate
John 10:21:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 10:21, so the Greek word δύναται (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.10.21.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.21.W11.S1) and character.