Luke 17:4:16Luke.17.4.W16TAB
ἀφήσεις
aphêseis
“you will forgive”
- Transliteration
- a-PHÊ-seis
- Extended
- ah-PHAY-seis
- IPA
- /aˈpʰɛː.seis/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will forgive
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PHÊ-seis
- sentence
KAI e-AN hep-TA-kis tês hê-ME-ras ha-mar-TÊ-sêi eis se KAI hep-TA-kis e-pi-STRE-psêi pros se LE-gōn me-ta-no-Ō a-PHÊ-seis au-TÔ
Exegesis
The apodosis consists of the future indicative aphēseis {ἀφήσεις | a-phḗ-seis}, which in this conditional context carries an imperatival force: the hearer is obligated to forgive. The overall syntactic pattern—conditional protasis with repeated-subjunctive actions followed by a singular future indicative—highlights a contrast between potentially numerous offenses and the single, consistent response of mandated forgiveness, which is maintained in translation by using “should” for the subjunctives and a deontic “shall/must” for aphēseis.
Root and etymology
aphiēmialpha–phi–iota–eta–mu–iota
“to let go, to release, to forgive”
In context — Luke 17:4
And if he should sin against you seven times in a day, and seven times he should return to you, saying, “I repent,” you shall forgive him .
About this coordinate
Luke 17:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 17:4, so the Greek word ἀφήσεις (aphêseis) 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.17.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.4.W16.S1) and character.