Luke 14:3:12Luke.14.3.W12TAB
Ἔξεστιν
eksestin
“is it lawful”
- Transliteration
- EK-ses-tin
- Extended
- EHK-sehs-tihn
- IPA
- /ˈek.ses.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is it lawful
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EK-ses-tin
- sentence
KAI a-po-kri-THEIS ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen pros tous no-mi-KOUS KAI pha-ri-SAI-ous LE-gōn EK-ses-tin tôi sab-BA-tôi the-ra-PEU-sai Ê OU
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the impersonal exestin {ἔξεστιν | éx-es-tin} opens a formal query, followed by the dative of time tō sabbatō {τῷ σαββάτῳ | tô sab-bá-tō} ‘on the Sabbath’ and the aorist infinitive therapeusai {θεραπεῦσαι | the-ra-peú-sai} ‘to heal.’ The correlative ē ...
In context — Luke 14:3
And Jesus , answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees: “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath , or is it not?”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 14:3, so the Greek word Ἔξεστιν (eksestin) 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.14.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.3.W12.S1) and character.