Luke

Luke 14:31

³¹Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Or	Ἢ	Ē	Conjunction	G2228 or, than
what	τίς	tis	Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G5101 who, which, what
king	βασιλεὺς	basileus	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G935 a king, ruler, emperor
on his way	πορευόμενος	poreuomenos	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular	G4198 I travel, journey, go
to war	πόλεμον	polemon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G4171 a war, battle, strife
with another	ἑτέρῳ	heterō	Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular	G2087 another, different
king	βασιλεῖ	basilei	Noun - Dative Masculine Singular	G935 a king, ruler, emperor
will not first sit down	καθίσας	kathisas	Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2523 I set, make to sit
consider	βουλεύσεται	bouleusetai	Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular	G1011 I deliberate, take counsel
whether	εἰ	ei	Conjunction	G1487 if
he	ἐστιν	estin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular	G1510 I am, exist
can	δυνατός	dynatos	Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular	G1415 powerful, able, possible
engage	ὑπαντῆσαι	hypantēsai	Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active	G5221 I meet
with	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
ten	δέκα	deka	Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural	G1176 ten
thousand	χιλιάσιν	chiliasin	Noun - Dative Feminine Plural	G5505 a thousand
the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
coming	ἐρχομένῳ	erchomenō	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Dative Masculine Singular	G2064 I come, go
against	ἐπ’	ep’	Preposition	G1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
him	αὐτόν	auton	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular	G846 he, she, it, they, them, same
with	μετὰ	meta	Preposition	G3326 with, after
twenty	εἴκοσι	eikosi	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural	G1501 twenty
thousand	χιλιάδων	chiliadōn	Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural	G5505 a thousand

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