John 10:36:3John.10.36.W3TAB
πατὴρ
patêr
“Father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TÊR
- Extended
- pah-TÊR
- IPA
- /paˈtɛːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-TÊR
- sentence
hon ho pa-TÊR hê-GI-a-sen kai a-PE-stei-len eis TON KOS-mon hy-MEIS LE-ge-te HO-ti blas-phê-MEIS HO-ti EI-pon hy-OS TOU the-OO ei-mi
Exegesis
The subject ho patēr {ὁ πατὴρ | ho patḗr} ‘the Father’ follows immediately, and the paired aorist verbs hēgiasen {ἡγίασεν | hē-gí-a-sen} ‘sanctified’ and apesteilen {ἀπέστειλεν | a-pé-stei-len} ‘sent’ present one completed act of consecrating commission.
Root and etymology
Rootpi alpha tau epsilon rho
“father, parent”
In context — John 10:36
Do you say this of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, “You are blaspheming,” because I said, “I am the Son of God ”?
About this coordinate
John 10:36:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 10:36, so the Greek word πατὴρ (patêr) 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.10.36.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.36.W3.S1) and character.