δύναταί (dunatai) in John 1:46: Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative

Verb: the form names an action, state, or capacity rather than a person or thing.

Present: often views the action as in progress, customary, or presently in view. Context decides the exact force.

Middle or Passive Deponent: uses a middle or passive form traditionally read with active sense. The lexeme and sentence still govern the meaning.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

Third person: the form speaks about someone or something rather than directly as I/we or you.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is singular here, so it presents the verb with one implied subject in the clause.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

This occurrence of δύναταί is tied to its immediate phrase or clause in John 1:46. It carries the main sense of can or is able in Nathanael's skeptical question.

The surrounding clause and any complement complete the verbal idea. This form carries the main sense of can or is able in Nathanael's skeptical question.

It carries the main sense of can or is able in Nathanael's skeptical question.

It does not by itself state that nothing good is present, nor does it turn the sentence into a direct assertion.

Moderate: The present deponent verb carries Nathanael's question about possibility and gives the exchange its skeptical force.

Present middle or passive deponent indicative in a possibility question. states the question of ability or possibility rather than making a direct assertion. Attached to Nathanael's question about whether anything good can be from Nazareth. Governed by the interrogative clause and its infinitive complement. The form gives the question its can or is able force, while the narrative context supplies the tone.

What possibility is being questioned? The verb asks whether anything good can be from Nazareth, expressing skepticism in question form.

Direct: The present deponent indicative directly supports rendering the question with can or is able.

The present form should not be turned into a universal statement apart from the question. Middle or passive deponent labeling should not create a separate agency claim. The question's tone comes from the dialogue, not from morphology alone.

Present tense proves a permanent judgment: The present form serves the question of possibility and should be read within the dialogue. deponent voice adds a hidden self-interest claim: The deponent label identifies the form category, not a separate interpretive claim.

The witness reads δύναταί in John 1:46 with the morphology label "Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative"; this guide is limited to that exact occurrence in the Textus Receptus witness.

The lemma is δύναμαι, which commonly expresses being able, having power, or having possibility.

The present singular form fits the ongoing question of capability. In this setting it supports the idea of possibility, not a fully described action.

Nathanael is asking whether any good thing can come from Nazareth. The grammar serves that skeptical question without deciding the answer by itself.

Across the canon, this verb can introduce ability, permission, or possibility. Here it most naturally serves the rhetorical force of Nathanael's question.

For readers and teachers, the form signals a question about whether something good is possible from that place.

Do not infer from the verb form alone that the speaker proves a doctrine, names a moral failure, or denies every possible exception.