Luke 18:26:8Luke.18.26.W8TAB
σωθῆναι
sôthênai
“to be saved”
- Transliteration
- sô-THÊ-nai
- Extended
- soh-THÊÊ-nai
- IPA
- /sɔːˈtʰɛː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be saved
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
sô-THÊ-nai
- sentence
EI-pan de hoi a-KOU-san-tes KAI TEES DY-na-tai sô-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
The interrogative pronoun tis {τίς | tís} ‘who’ serves as subject, while dynatai {δύναται | dý-na-tai} ‘is able’ takes the aorist passive infinitive sothenai {σωθῆναι | sōthḗnai} ‘to be saved’ as its complement. The use of the present indicative with an aorist infinitive projects a general, ongoing possibility regarding salvation, and the early placement of tis adds emphasis to the question of human inability.
In context — Luke 18:26
But those who had heard said, “And who is able to be saved ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:26:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 18:26, so the Greek word σωθῆναι (sôthênai) 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.18.26.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.26.W8.S1) and character.