John 1:21:7John.1.21.W7TAB
Ἠλίας
êlias
“Elijah”
- Transliteration
- ê-LI-as
- Extended
- êh-LIH-ahs
- IPA
- /ɛːˈli.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- Elijah
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ê-LI-as
- 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 clause sy Elias ei {σὺ Ἠλίας εἶ | sý Ē-lí-as eî} uses the nominative pronoun sy as an emphatic subject and a nominative predicate ‘Elijah’ with the copula ‘are’, marking a strict identity question.
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 1:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 1:21, so the Greek word Ἠλίας (êlias) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.21.W7.S1) and character.