Luke 20:27:10Luke.20.27.W10TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- AY-ee-nai
- IPA
- /ˈei.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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
EI-nai
- sentence
pro-sel-THON-tes DE TI-nes tôn sad-dou-KAI-ôn hoi an-ti-LE-gon-tes a-NA-sta-sin MÊ EI-nai e-pê-RÔ-tê-san au-TON
Exegesis
The object clause anastasin me einai {ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι | a-ná-sta-sin mḕ eî-nai} contains an infinitival construction that expresses the content of their denial, with anastasin as the object of the infinitive einai and the negative particle me marking negation of the proposition.
In context — Luke 20:27
But some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection , approached and questioned Him .
About this coordinate
Luke 20:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 20:27, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.20.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.27.W10.S1) and character.