John 1:26:2John.1.26.W2TAB
αὐτοῖς
autois
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOIS
- Extended
- au-TOIS
- IPA
- /auˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
au-TOIS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê au-TOIS ho i-ô-AN-nês LE-gôn e-GÔ bap-TI-dzô en HY-da-ti ME-sô hy-MÔN HE-stê-ken HON hy-MEIS ouk OI-da-te
Exegesis
The indirect object autois {αὐτοῖς | au-tois} ‘to them’ specifies the audience before the explicit subject ho Iōannēs {ὁ Ἰωάννης | ho I-ō-an-nēs} ‘John’ is named, highlighting the responder.
In context — John 1:26
John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water , but in your midst stands One whom you do not know.”
About this coordinate
John 1:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 1:26, so the Greek word αὐτοῖς (autois) 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.1.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.26.W2.S1) and character.