Luke 14:31
{ "verseID": "Luke.14.31", "source": "Ἢ τίς βασιλεὺς, πορευόμενος συμβαλεῖν ἑτέρῳ βασιλεῖ εἰς πόλεμον, οὐχὶ καθίσας πρῶτον, βουλεύεται εἰ δυνατός ἐστιν ἐν δέκα χιλιάσιν ἀπαντῆσαι τῷ μετὰ εἴκοσι χιλιάδων ἐρχομένῳ ἐπʼ αὐτόν;", "text": "Or what *basileus*, *poreuomenos symbalein heterō basilei* into *polemon*, not *kathisas prōton*, *bouleuetai* if *dynatos estin* with *deka chiliasin apantēsai* the one with *eikosi chiliadōn erchomenō ep'* him?", "grammar": { "*ē*": "conjunction - or", "*tis*": "interrogative pronoun, nominative, masculine, singular - what/which", "*basileus*": "nominative, masculine, singular - king", "*poreuomenos*": "present participle, middle/passive, nominative, masculine, singular - going/proceeding", "*symbalein*": "aorist infinitive, active - to engage/encounter", "*heterō*": "adjective, dative, masculine, singular - another", "*basilei*": "dative, masculine, singular - king", "*polemon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - war/battle", "*ouchi*": "negative particle (emphatic) - not", "*kathisas*": "aorist participle, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having sat down", "*prōton*": "adverb - first", "*bouleuetai*": "present, 3rd singular, middle - consults/considers", "*ei*": "conjunction - if", "*dynatos*": "adjective, nominative, masculine, singular - able/capable", "*estin*": "present, 3rd singular - is", "*en*": "preposition + dative - with/in", "*deka*": "numeral - ten", "*chiliasin*": "dative, feminine, plural - thousands", "*apantēsai*": "aorist infinitive, active - to meet/encounter", "*tō*": "definite article, dative, masculine, singular - the one", "*meta*": "preposition + genitive - with", "*eikosi*": "numeral - twenty", "*chiliadōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - of thousands", "*erchomenō*": "present participle, middle/passive, dative, masculine, singular - coming", "*ep'*": "preposition + accusative - against" }, "variants": { "*basileus*": "king/ruler/monarch", "*poreuomenos*": "going/proceeding/marching", "*symbalein*": "to engage/to encounter/to meet in battle", "*heterō*": "another/other", "*polemon*": "war/battle/conflict", "*kathisas*": "having sat down/taking time/considering", "*bouleuetai*": "consults/considers/deliberates", "*dynatos*": "able/capable/strong enough", "*chiliasin*": "thousands/units of a thousand", "*apantēsai*": "to meet/to encounter/to face", "*erchomenō*": "coming/approaching/advancing" } }