Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?This verse in the real world
In what words
- δαπάνηdapánēexpense (as consuming)
- ψηφίζωpsēphízōto use pebbles in enumeration, i.e. (generally) to compute
- πύργοςpýrgosa tower or castle
- οἰκοδομέωoikodoméōto be a house-builder, i.e. construct or (figuratively) confirm
- καθίζωkathízōto seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figurativel
- οὐχίouchínot indeed
- πρῶτονprōtonfirstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
- θέλωthélōto determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 (βούλομαι) proper
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 24:27, Mat 10:22, Jos 24:19–24, Luk 14:33, Mat 8:20, Mat 20:22–23, Act 21:13, Gen 11:4–9