Luke 22:24:11Luke.22.24.W11TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- 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
e-GE-ne-to de KAI phi-lo-nei-KI-a en au-TOIS to TIS au-TÔN do-KEI EI-nai MEI-dzōn
Exegesis
The article to {τὸ | tó} introduces a substantized clause, turning the following indirect question into a noun phrase: to tis autōn dokei einai meizōn {τὸ τίς αὐτῶν δοκεῖ εἶναι μείζων | tó tís autôn dokeî eînai meízōn}.
Within this construction, tis {τίς | tís} functions as an interrogative subject, autōn {αὐτῶν | autôn} forms a partitive genitive ‘of them’, dokei {δοκεῖ | dokeî} expresses subjective perception ‘seems, is thought’, and einai {εἶναι | eînai} with meizōn {μείζων | meízōn} yields the predicate ‘to be greater’. The Greek thus frames the dispute as revolving around “the matter of which of them seems to be greater,” using formal syntax that objectifies their argument over status. The formal English rendering preserves the substantized clause structure with “concerning which of them seemed to be the greatest,” while the dynamic reconstruction reshapes it into more natural contemporary speech, “about which one of them was considered to be the greatest,” making the implied evaluative perspective explicit.
In context — Luke 22:24
And there also came about a rivalry among them concerning which of them seemed to be the greatest .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 22:24, 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.22.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.24.W11.S1) and character.