Luke 19:48:6Luke.19.48.W6TAB
ποιήσωσιν
poiêsôsin
“they might do”
- Transliteration
- poi-Ê-sô-sin
- Extended
- poi-EH-sô-sihn
- IPA
- /poiˈɛː.sɔː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they might do
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
poi-Ê-sô-sin
- sentence
KAI oukh HEU-ris-kon to TI poi-Ê-sô-sin ho la-OS gar HA-pas ek-se-KRE-ma-to au-TOU a-KOU-ōn
Exegesis
The phrase to ti poiēsōsin {τὸ τί ποιήσωσιν | tò tí poi-ḗ-sō-sin} forms an indirect question with the accusative neuter article plus interrogative pronoun and the aorist subjunctive, indicating uncertainty about possible courses of action.
Root and etymology
poieopi–omicron–iota–epsilon–omega
“to make or do”
In context — Luke 19:48
And they were not finding what they could do, for all the people were hanging on Him as they listened to Him.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:48:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 19:48, so the Greek word ποιήσωσιν (poiêsôsin) 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.19.48.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.48.W6.S1) and character.