Matthew 19:25:10Matt.19.25.W10TAB
δύναται
dynatai
“can”
- Transliteration
- DY-na-tai
- Extended
- DY-nah-tai
- IPA
- /ˈdy.na.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- can
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
DY-na-tai
- clause
TIS A-ra DY-na-tai sô-THÊ-nai
- sentence
a-KOO-san-tes DE hoi ma-thê-TAI ek-se-PLÊS-son-to SPHO-dra LE-gon-tes TIS A-ra DY-na-tai sô-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
Dynatai {δύναται | dynatai} ‘is able’ conveys capacity, and the aorist passive infinitive sothenai {σωθῆναι | sothenai} ‘to be saved’ portrays the salvation event as a single outcome. In translation, the temporal participle is rendered as “when they heard this” for clarity, the imperfect is shown with intensified past “were greatly/completely astonished,” and the direct question remains to represent the disciples’ perplexity about the possibility of salvation.
In context — Matthew 19:25
But when the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then is able to be saved ?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:25:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 19:25, so the Greek word δύναται (dynatai) 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 Matt.19.25.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.25.W10.S1) and character.