Luke 20:14:18Luke.20.14.W18TAB
γένηται
genêtai
“may become”
- Transliteration
- GE-nê-tai
- Extended
- geh-NAY-tai
- IPA
- /ˈge.nɛː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- may become
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GE-nê-tai
- sentence
i-DON-tes de au-TON hoi ge-ôr-GOI di-e-lo-GI-zon-to pros al-LÊ-lous LE-gon-tes hou-TOS es-TIN ho klê-ro-NO-mos a-pok-TEI-nô-men au-TON HI-na hê-MON GE-nê-tai hê klê-ro-no-MI-a
Exegesis
The clause hina hemon genetai he kleronomia {ἵνα ἡμῶν γένηται ἡ κληρονομία | hína hēmôn génētai hē klērōnomía} ‘so that the inheritance might become ours’ uses the aorist middle subjunctive genetai {γένηται | génētai} to present the desired result as a single, decisive outcome. The syntax moves from perception (idontes) to deliberation (dielogizonto, legontes) to murderous intent (apokteinomen) and finally to the goal of seizing the inheritance, mirroring the escalating hostility within the parable.
In context — Luke 20:14
But when the farmers saw him, they discussed with one another, saying, “This is the heir ; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours .”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 20:14, so the Greek word γένηται (genêtai) 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.20.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.14.W18.S1) and character.