Luke 21:36:14Luke.21.36.W14TAB
γίνεσθαι
ginesthai
“to happen”
- Transliteration
- GI-nes-thai
- Extended
- GI-nehss-thai
- IPA
- /ˈgi.nes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to happen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GI-nes-thai
- sentence
a-gryp-NEE-te de en pan-TEE kai-RO de-O-me-noi HI-na ka-tis-KHY-sê-te ek-phy-GEIN TAU-ta PAN-ta ta MEL-lon-ta GI-nes-thai kai sta-THÊ-nai EM-pros-then tou hy-OU tou an-THRÔ-pou
Exegesis
The object phrase tauta panta ta mellonta ginesthai {ταῦτα πάντα τὰ μέλλοντα γίνεσθαι | taûta pán-ta ta mél-lon-ta gí-nes-thai} intensifies the crisis by combining demonstrative force, totality, and imminence, effectively saying ‘all these things that are about to happen.’
Root and etymology
ginomaigamma, iota, nu, omicron, mu, alpha, iota
“to become, happen”
In context — Luke 21:36
But stay awake at all times, praying so that you may prevail to escape all these things that are about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man .
About this coordinate
Luke 21:36:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 21:36, so the Greek word γίνεσθαι (ginesthai) 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.21.36.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.36.W14.S1) and character.