Luke 22:23:4Luke.22.23.W4TAB

συζητεῖν

sydzêtein

to discuss

Transliteration
sy-dzê-TEIN
Extended
sy-dzeh-TEIN
IPA
/sy.dzeˈtiːn/

Meaning by language

English
to discuss

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Result
συ + ζη + τεῖν
sy + dzê + tein
sydzêtein

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Upsiloni — as in machine
Zetaz — as in daze
Etai — as in machine
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    sy-dzê-TEIN

  2. 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

The aorist middle verb ērxanto combined with the complementary infinitive suzetein {συζητεῖν | sy-zē-teîn} forms the idiom “they began to discuss,” highlighting the inception of a new line of thought rather than prolonged debate.

Root and etymology

synzeteosigma–upsilon–nu–zeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega

to seek together, discuss

In contextLuke 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 22:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 22:23, so the Greek word συζητεῖν (sydzêtein) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.23.W4.S1) and character.