Luke 13:33:2Luke.13.33.W2TAB
δεῖ
deee
“it is necessary”
- Transliteration
- de-EE
- Extended
- deh-EE
- IPA
- /deˈiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it is necessary
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
de-EE
- sentence
PLEN de-EE me SÊ-me-ron KAI AU-ri-on KAI tê e-kho-ME-nê po-REU-es-thai HO-ti ouk en-DE-khe-tai pro-PHÊ-tên a-po-LES-thai EK-sô ie-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
It governs the impersonal verb dei {δεῖ | deî} ‘it is necessary’, which takes the infinitive poreuesthai {πορεύεσθαι | po-reú-es-thai} ‘to travel’.
Root and etymology
deidelta–epsilon–iota
“it is necessary, binding”
In context — Luke 13:33
Nevertheless, it is necessary for Me to travel today, tomorrow, and the day following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
Luke 13:33:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 13:33, so the Greek word δεῖ (deee) 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.13.33.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.33.W2.S1) and character.