John 1:29:20John.1.29.W20TAB
τοῦ
tou
“{of the}”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- tou
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {of the}
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
têi e-PAU-ri-on BLE-pei ton ee-ay-SOON er-KHO-me-non pros au-TON KAI LE-gei I-de ho am-NOS tou the-OO ho AI-rôn tên ha-mar-TI-an tou KOS-moo
Exegesis
The nominative phrase ho amnos tou theou {ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ | ho am-nós toû the-oû} stands as a christological title; syntactically it is linked with the imperative as what is to be seen and functions as a nominative in exclamation or implied predicate (“Here is the Lamb of God”).
The following articular participial construction ho airon ten hamartian tou kosmou {ὁ αἴρων τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου | ho aí-rōn tḕn ha-mar-tí-an toû kós-mou} is in apposition to ho amnos, specifying His defining activity. The participle airon, made substantive by the article ho, expresses a characteristic, ongoing action: “the One who is taking away.”
Its direct object is ten hamartian {τὴν ἁμαρτίαν | tḕn ha-mar-tí-an}, and the genitive tou kosmou {τοῦ κόσμου | toû kós-mou} most naturally functions as an objective or qualitative genitive, indicating the scope of that sin as that which belongs to or characterizes the world. In translation, the historical presents are rendered as simple past (“saw,” “said”) to fit English narrative convention, while the present participle airon is preserved as “takes away” or “lifts away” to retain the sense of ongoing efficacy in the Lamb’s work.
In context — John 1:29
On the next day, he saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, “Behold, the Lamb of God , the one who takes away the sin of the world.”
About this coordinate
John 1:29:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of John 1:29, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.1.29.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.29.W20.S1) and character.