Luke 14:3:15Luke.14.3.W15TAB
θεραπεῦσαι
therapeusai
“to heal”
- Transliteration
- the-ra-PEU-sai
- Extended
- tʰeh-rah-PEU-sai
- IPA
- /tʰe.raˈpeu.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to heal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
the-ra-PEU-sai
- 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 ...
Root and etymology
θεραπεύω
“to serve, attend, heal”
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 14:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 14:3, so the Greek word θεραπεῦσαι (therapeusai) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.3.W15.S1) and character.