John 1:21:14John.1.21.W14TAB
προφήτης
prophêtês
“prophet”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tês
- Extended
- proh-PHÊH-têhs
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophet
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tês
- sentence
KAI ê-RÔ-tê-san au-TON TI OON SY ê-LI-as EI KAI LE-GEI ouk ei-MI ho pro-PHÊ-tês EI SY KAI a-pe-KRI-thê OO
Exegesis
The next question, Ho prophetes ei sy {Ὁ προφήτης εἶ σύ | Ho prophḗtēs eî sý}, again uses a nominative predicate with the article ‘the prophet’, indicating not any prophet but a specific eschatological figure.
Root and etymology
prophemipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, proclaim”
In context — John 1:21
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah ?” And he says, “I am not. Are you the prophet ?” And he answered, “No.”
About this coordinate
John 1:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of John 1:21, so the Greek word προφήτης (prophêtês) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.1.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.21.W14.S1) and character.