Luke 14:19:10Luke.14.19.W10TAB
δοκιμάσαι
dokimasai
“to test”
- Transliteration
- do-ki-MA-sai
- Extended
- doh-kee-MAH-sai
- IPA
- /do.kiˈma.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to test
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
do-ki-MA-sai
- sentence
KAI HE-te-ros EI-pen DZEY-gê bo-ÔN ê-GO-ra-sa PEN-te KAI po-REU-o-mai do-ki-MA-sai au-TA e-rô-TÔ se E-khe me pa-rêi-tê-ME-non
Exegesis
The subsequent kai {καὶ | kaì} ‘and’ coordinates the completed action indicated by egorasa {ἠγόρασα | ē-gó-ra-sa} ‘I bought’ with the present motion poreuomai {πορεύομαι | po-réu-o-mai} ‘I go’, where the infinitive dokimasai {δοκιμάσαι | do-ki-má-sai} ‘to test’ conveys purpose.
Root and etymology
δοκιμ-
“to test, prove”
In context — Luke 14:19
And another said, “I bought five yoke-pairs of oxen, and I am going to test them. I ask you, have me excused .”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:19:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 14:19, so the Greek word δοκιμάσαι (dokimasai) 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.14.19.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.19.W10.S1) and character.