Luke 18:27:5Luke.18.27.W5TAB
ἀδύνατα
adynata
“impossible {things}”
- Transliteration
- a-DY-na-ta
- Extended
- ah-DY-nah-tah
- IPA
- /aˈdy.na.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- impossible {things}
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-DY-na-ta
- sentence
ho de EI-pen TA a-DY-na-ta pa-RA an-THRÔ-pois dy-na-TA pa-RA tôi the-Ô es-TIN
Exegesis
The neuter plural article and adjective in tá adynata {τὰ ἀδύνατα | tá a-dý-na-ta} form a substantival phrase, “the impossible things,” which is further qualified by the prepositional phrase para anthropois {παρὰ ἀνθρώποις | pa-rá anth-rō-pois}, where pará with the dative indicates standpoint or sphere, “from the perspective of human beings.”
Root and etymology
adynamosalpha–delta–upsilon–nu–alpha–mu–omicron–sigma
“without strength, powerless”
In context — Luke 18:27
But He said, “The things that are impossible with men are possible with God .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 18:27, so the Greek word ἀδύνατα (adynata) 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.18.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.27.W5.S1) and character.