John 1:30:2John.1.30.W2TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- ES-TIN
- Extended
- ES-TIN
- IPA
- /ˈes.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ES-TIN
- sentence
HOU-TOS ES-TIN HY-PER HOU e-GÔ EI-PON o-PI-sô mou ER-KHE-TAI a-NÊR HOS EM-PROS-THEN mou GE-GO-NEN HO-TI PRÔ-TOS mou ÊN
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the demonstrative subject–copula structure houtos estin {οὗτός ἐστιν | hoûtos éstin} ‘this is’, which emphatically identifies the person in view as the one previously described.
In context — John 1:30
This is the one concerning whom I said, “After me comes a man who has come before me, because He was first in relation to me.”
About this coordinate
John 1:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 1:30, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.1.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.30.W2.S1) and character.