John 1:21:8John.1.21.W8TAB
εἶ
ei
“are”
- Transliteration
- EI
- Extended
- EI
- IPA
- /ˈiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI
- 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.
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
demonstrative stem kein-kappa–epsilon–iota–nu
“that one (over there), that person”
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 1:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 1:21, so the Greek word εἶ (ei) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.21.W8.S1) and character.