Mark 5:4:23Mark.5.4.W23TAB
δαμάσαι
damasai
“to subdue”
- Transliteration
- da-MA-sai
- Extended
- dah-MAH-sai
- IPA
- /daˈma.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to subdue
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
da-MA-sai
- sentence
di-A to au-TON pol-LA-kis PE-dais KAI ha-LY-se-si de-DES-thai KAI di-es-PAS-thai hyp au-TOU tas ha-LY-seis KAI tas PE-das syn-te-TRIPH-thai KAI ou-de-IS IS-khy-en au-TON da-MA-sai
Exegesis
The narrative culminates in oudeis ischyēn auton damasai {οὐδεὶς ἴσχυεν αὐτὸν δαμάσαι | oudeìs ískhyen autòn damásai}, where the imperfect with an aorist infinitive conveys universal inability to achieve subjugation.
Root and etymology
δαμάζωdelta–alpha–mu–alpha–zeta–omega
“to tame, overpower”
In context — Mark 5:4
For he had often been bound with fetters and chains , yet he tore the chains apart and smashed the fetters, and no one had strength to subdue him.
About this coordinate
Mark 5:4:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Mark 5:4, so the Greek word δαμάσαι (damasai) 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 Mark.5.4.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.4.W23.S1) and character.