Luke 22:23:16Luke.22.23.W16TAB
πράσσειν
prassein
“to do”
- Transliteration
- PRAS-sein
- Extended
- PRAHS-sein
- IPA
- /ˈpras.sein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to do
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PRAS-sein
- sentence
KAI au-TOI ÊRX-an-to sy-dzê-TEIN pros he-au-TOUS to TIS A-ra EI-ê eks au-TÔN ho TOU-to MEL-lōn PRAS-sein
Exegesis
Finally, the substantival participial phrase ho touto mellōn prassein {ὁ τοῦτο μέλλων πράσσειν | ho toû-to mél-lōn prás-sein} appositionally defines the unknown “who” as “the one who is about to do this,” where mellōn plus the infinitive prassein indicates imminent, intentional action. The formal translation preserves the Greek indirect-question structure and appositional participle, whereas the dynamic rendering reshapes the clause order (“which one of them could possibly be the one”) to keep the English natural while retaining the sense of anxious, forward-looking inquiry.
Root and etymology
prassopi–rho–alpha–sigma–sigma–omega
“to do, perform, practice”
In context — Luke 22:23
And they themselves began to discuss with one another which of them, then, it might be who was about to do this .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 22:23, so the Greek word πράσσειν (prassein) 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.22.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.23.W16.S1) and character.