Luke 18:34:5Luke.18.34.W5TAB

συνῆκαν

synêkan

understood

Transliteration
sy-NÊ-kan
Extended
syoo-NAY-kahn
IPA
/syˈnɛː.kan/

Meaning by language

English
understood

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Result
συ + νῆ + καν
sy + nê + kan
synêkan

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Upsiloni — as in machine
Nun — as in new
Etai — as in machine
Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    sy-NÊ-kan

  2. sentence

    KAI au-TOI ou-DEN TOU-tōn sy-NÊ-kan KAI ÊN to RHÊ-ma TOU-to ke-kry-MME-non ap au-TÔN KAI ouk e-GI-nōs-kon ta le-GO-me-na

Exegesis

The opening clause kai autoi ouden toutōn synēkan {καὶ αὐτοὶ οὐδὲν τούτων συνῆκαν | kai autoi ouden toútōn synêkan} places autoi in an emphatic position, stressing that they themselves failed to understand, while the aorist synēkan presents their lack of comprehension as a complete cognitive failure regarding “none of these things,” referring back to the preceding passion prediction.

In contextLuke 18:34

And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were being said.

About this coordinate

Luke 18:34:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 18:34, so the Greek word συνῆκαν (synêkan) 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.18.34.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.34.W5.S1) and character.