Luk 16:24 | RWP | e4.org | That he may dip ( ινα βαψη ). First aorist active subjunctive of βαπτω , common verb, to dip. In water ( υδατος ). Genitive, the specifying case, water and not something else. Cool ( καταψυξη ). First aorist active subjunctive of καταψυχω , a late Greek compound, to cool off, to make cool. Only here in the N.T. but common in medical books. Note perfective use of κατα- (down). A small service that will be welcome. For I am in anguish ( οτ οδυνωμα ). The active has a causative sense to cause intense pain, the middle to torment oneself ( ; ), the passive to be translated as here. Common verb, but no other examples in the N.T.

‏ Luke 16:24

That he may dip ( ινα βαψη ). First aorist active subjunctive of βαπτω, common verb, to dip.

In water ( υδατος ). Genitive, the specifying case, water and not something else.

Cool ( καταψυξη ). First aorist active subjunctive of καταψυχω, a late Greek compound, to cool off, to make cool. Only here in the N.T. but common in medical books. Note perfective use of κατα- (down). A small service that will be welcome.

For I am in anguish ( οτ οδυνωμα ). The active has a causative sense to cause intense pain, the middle to torment oneself (Lu 2:48; Ac 20:38), the passive to be translated as here. Common verb, but no other examples in the N.T.