John 3:27:6John.3.27.W6TAB
δύναται
dynatai
“can”
- Transliteration
- DY-na-tai
- Extended
- DY-na-tai
- IPA
- /ˈdy.na.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- can
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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
a-pe-KRI-thê i-ô-AN-nês KAI EI-pen OU DY-na-tai AN-thro-pos lam-BAI-nein ou-DE HEN e-AN MÊ Ê de-do-ME-non au-TÔ EK TOU ou-ra-NOU
Exegesis
The core statement is ou dynatai anthropos lambanein oude hen {Οὐ δύναται ἄνθρωπος λαμβάνειν οὐδὲ ἓν | Ou dý-na-tai án-thrō-pos lam-bá-nein ou-dé hén} ‘a person is not able to receive even one thing,’ where the negative verb dynatai {δύναται | dý-na-tai} is placed before the subject anthropos {ἄνθρωπος | án-thrō-pos} to foreground inability, and the infinitive lambanein {λαμβάνειν | lam-bá-nein} supplies the action that is denied.
Root and etymology
dynamaidelta upsilon nu alpha mu alpha iota
“to be able, have power”
In context — John 3:27
John answered and said, "A person is not able to receive so much as one thing unless it has been bestowed on him from heaven."
About this coordinate
John 3:27:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 3:27, 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.3.27.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.27.W6.S1) and character.