Luke 13:16:17Luke.13.16.W17TAB
λυθῆναι
lythênai
“to be loosed”
- Transliteration
- ly-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- lyoo-THEH-nai
- IPA
- /lyˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be loosed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ly-THÊ-nai
- sentence
TAU-tên de thy-ga-TE-ra a-bra-AM OU-san hên E-dê-sen ho sa-ta-NAS i-DOU DE-ka kai ok-TÔ E-tê ouk E-dei ly-THÊ-nai a-PO tou des-MOU TOU-tou tê hê-ME-ra tou sab-BA-tou
Exegesis
The impersonal edei {ἔδει | é-dei} ‘it was necessary’ governs the aorist passive infinitive luthēnai {λυθῆναι | lu-thḗ-nai} ‘to be loosed,’ framing the release as a moral imperative rather than a question of ability.
In context — Luke 13:16
And this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound—behold, for eighteen years—should she not be released from this bond on the Sabbath ?
About this coordinate
Luke 13:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 13:16, so the Greek word λυθῆναι (lythênai) 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.13.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.16.W17.S1) and character.