ἐνδέχεται
endéchetai · G1735 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be possible, to be thinkable
To be possible, in the sense of being fully in accord with human experience
ExamplesLuke 13:33 “Nevertheless I must go on My journey today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside Jerusalem.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόλλυμιto destroy, to perish, to lose 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- δυνατός dynatós · G1415 · possible, able, can
- When used impersonally (especially in neuter τὸ δυνατόν), δυνατός expresses possibility or what is feasible, closely paralleling the impersonal use of ἐνδέχεται to denote what is possible or admissible.
- ἔξεστι éxesti · G1832 · to be possible, must, ought to
- Both are impersonal verbs expressing admissibility: ἔξεστιν focuses on what is permitted or lawful, while ἐνδέχεται focuses on what is possible or acceptable. The semantic overlap is substantial in contexts of what is admissible.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀδύνατος adýnatos · G102 · incapable, not being able, impossible
- ἀδύνατος (impossible, not able to be done) is the direct lexical opposite of ἐνδέχεται (possible, admissible). They represent the polar extremes of possibility vs. impossibility.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be possible, to be thinkable71.4
- This impersonal verb denotes what is possible or conceivable, used of Jesus' statement that it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside Jerusalem — "for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside Jerusalem" (Luke 13:33).
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon to receive, approve of, admit, allow (as τόν λόγον, Herodotus 1, 60). Impersonally,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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