Luke 13:14:22Luke.13.14.W22TAB
ἐργάζεσθαι
ergazesthai
“to work”
- Transliteration
- er-GA-zes-thai
- Extended
- ehr-GAH-zehs-thai
- IPA
- /erˈga.zes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to work
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
er-GA-zes-thai
- sentence
a-po-kri-THEIS de ho ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-gos a-ga-nak-TŌN HO-ti tō sab-BA-tō e-the-RA-peu-sen ho ee-ay-SOOS E-le-gen tō O-khlō HO-ti HEKS hê-ME-rai ei-SIN en hais DEI er-GA-zes-thai en au-TAIS OUN er-KHO-me-noi the-ra-PEU-es-the kai MÊ têi hê-ME-rā tou sab-BA-tou
Exegesis
In indirect discourse he states hex hēmerai eisin {Ἓξ ἡμέραι εἰσὶν | Héx hēmérai eisin} ‘there are six days’, followed by the necessity construction dei ergazesthai {δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι | deî ergázesthai} ‘it is necessary to work’ within the relative frame en hais {ἐν αἷς | en haîs} ‘in which’.
In context — Luke 13:14
But the synagogue ruler, outraged because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath , replied to the crowd, “There are six days in which it is necessary to work; come on those days to be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:14:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Luke 13:14, so the Greek word ἐργάζεσθαι (ergazesthai) 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 Luke.13.14.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.14.W22.S1) and character.