Luke 20:16:3Luke.20.16.W3TAB
ἀπολέσει
apolesei
“he will destroy”
- Transliteration
- a-po-LE-sei
- Extended
- ah-poh-LEH-sei
- IPA
- /a.poˈle.sei/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will destroy
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-LE-sei
- sentence
e-LEU-se-tai KAI a-po-LE-sei tous ge-or-GOUS TOU-tous KAI DO-sei ton am-pe-LO-na AL-lois a-KOU-san-tes de EI-pan MÊ GE-noi-to
Exegesis
The verse presents a compact prophetic judgment sequence through three coordinated future indicatives: eleusetai {ἐλεύσεται | eléu-setai} ‘he will come’, apolesei {ἀπολέσει | apó-lesei} ‘he will destroy’, and dosei {δώσει | dósei} ‘he will give’. The implied subject is the previously mentioned lord of the vineyard, and the asyndetic subject in Greek heightens the focus on His decisive actions.
In context — Luke 20:16
“He will come and destroy these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 20:16, so the Greek word ἀπολέσει (apolesei) 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.20.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.16.W3.S1) and character.