John 1:30:4John.1.30.W4TAB
οὗ
hou
“whom”
- Transliteration
- HOU
- Extended
- HOU
- IPA
- /huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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HOU
- 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 prepositional phrase hyper hou {ὑπὲρ οὗ | hypér hoû} ‘concerning whom’ introduces a relative clause that links this identification to John’s earlier testimony, with the aorist verb eipon {εἶπον | eîpon} ‘I said’ anchoring it in a past declaration.
Root and etymology
houtoshoûtos
“this one, this person”
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 1:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 1:30, so the Greek word οὗ (hou) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.30.W4.S1) and character.