John 1:6:7John.1.6.W7TAB
αὐτῷ
autoi
“his”
- Transliteration
- au-TOI
- Extended
- au-TOI
- IPA
- /auˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
au-TOI
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to AN-thrô-pos a-pe-stal-ME-nos pa-RA the-OO O-no-ma au-TOI i-ô-AN-nês
Exegesis
The clause onoma auto {ὄνομα αὐτῷ | ó-no-ma au-tô} uses a dative of possession, a Semitic-influenced structure literally meaning ‘name was to him,’ which is idiomatically rendered in English as ‘whose name was.’
In context — John 1:6
There came to be a man having been sent from God , whose name was John.
About this coordinate
John 1:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 1:6, so the Greek word αὐτῷ (autoi) 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.1.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.6.W7.S1) and character.