Luke 16:13:3Luke.16.13.W3TAB
δύναται
dynatai
“is able”
- Transliteration
- DY-na-tai
- Extended
- dy-NAH-tai
- IPA
- /ˈdy.na.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- is able
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
DY-na-tai
- sentence
ou-DEIS oi-KE-tēs DY-na-tai dy-SI ky-RI-ois dou-LEU-ein Ē gar ton HE-na mi-SĒ-sei kai ton HE-te-ron a-ga-PĒ-sei Ē he-NOS an-THEK-se-tai kai tou he-TE-rou ka-ta-phro-NĒ-sei ou DY-nas-the the-Ō dou-LEU-ein kai ma-mō-NA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the indefinite pronoun oudeis {οὐδεὶς | ou-de-ìs} “no one” as the subject of the present middle/passive indicative dynatai {δύναται | dý-na-tai} “is able,” followed by the infinitive douleuein {δουλεύειν | dou-léu-ein} “to serve” governing the dative dual noun phrase dysi kyriois {δυσὶ κυρίοις | dú-si kú-ri-ois} “two masters.”
In context — Luke 16:13
No household servant is able to serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 16:13, so the Greek word δύναται (dynatai) 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.16.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.13.W3.S1) and character.