John 10:29:8John.10.29.W8TAB

μεῖζων

meidzôn

greater

Transliteration
MEI-dzôn
Extended
MEI-dzôn
IPA
/ˈmiː.dzɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
greater

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Result
μεῖ + ζων
mei + dzôn
meidzôn

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Zetaz — as in daze
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    MEI-dzôn

  2. sentence

    ho pa-TÊR mou ho de-do-KEN moi PAN-tôn MEI-dzôn es-TIN kai oo-DEIS DY-na-tai har-PA-dzein ek tês khei-ROS tou pa-TROS mou

Exegesis

The comparison panton meizon estin {πάντων μείζων ἐστίν | pántōn meízōn estín} uses a genitive of comparison to state absolute superiority, not merely rank.

Root and etymology

megasmegas

great, large

In contextJohn 10:29

My Father , who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

About this coordinate

John 10:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 10:29, so the Greek word μεῖζων (meidzôn) 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.10.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.29.W8.S1) and character.