Luke 19:5:24Luke.19.5.W24TAB
μεῖναι
meinai
“to stay”
- Transliteration
- MEI-nai
- Extended
- MAY-nai
- IPA
- /ˈmeː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to stay
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | 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
MEI-nai
- sentence
KAI hôs ÊL-then e-PI ton TO-pon a-na-BLEP-sas ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen pros au-TON zak-KHAI-e SPEU-sas ka-TA-bê-thi SÊ-me-ron gar en tôi OI-kôi sou DEI me MEI-nai
Exegesis
The impersonal verb dei {δεῖ | deî} ‘it is necessary’ plus the infinitive meinai {μεῖναι | meînai} ‘to stay’ expresses a sense of divine necessity or mission, which is rendered in English as “it is necessary for Me to stay” in a more literal style and “I must stay” in a more idiomatic style, both preserving the semantic force of obligation.
In context — Luke 19:5
And as Jesus came to the place, having looked up, He said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today it is necessary for Me to stay at your house .”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:5:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 19:5, so the Greek word μεῖναι (meinai) 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.19.5.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.5.W24.S1) and character.