John 10:16:13John.10.16.W13TAB
δεῖ
dei
“must”
- Transliteration
- DEI
- Extended
- DEI
- IPA
- /ˈdei/
Meaning by language
- English
- must
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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DEI
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KAI AL-la PRO-ba-ta E-khō HA ouk ES-tin ek TÊS au-LÊS TAU-tēs ka-KEI-na DEI me a-ga-GEIN KAI TÊS phō-NÊS mou a-KOU-sou-sin KAI ge-NÊ-son-tai MI-a POIM-nē HEIS poi-MÊN
Exegesis
The next clause `kakeina dei me agagein {κἀκεῖνα δεῖ με ἀγαγεῖν | ka-keî-na deî me a-ga-geîn} ‘and those I must bring’ uses the impersonal `dei {δεῖ | deî} ‘it is necessary’` to signal divine necessity rather than mere preference, and the aorist infinitive `agagein {ἀγαγεῖν | a-ga-geîn} ‘to bring’` supplies the required action.
Root and etymology
deikdelta epsilon iota kappa
“to show, point out”
In context — John 10:16
And I have other sheep that are not from this fold ; those too I must bring, and they will hear My voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.
About this coordinate
John 10:16:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 10:16, so the Greek word δεῖ (dei) 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.10.16.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.16.W13.S1) and character.