John 10:41:11John.10.41.W11TAB
σημεῖον
sêmeion
“sign”
- Transliteration
- sê-MEI-on
- Extended
- sê-MEI-ohn
- IPA
- /sɛːˈmei.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- sign
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
sê-MEI-on
- sentence
KAI pol-LOI ÊL-thon PROS au-TON KAI E-le-gon HO-ti i-ô-AN-nês MEN sê-MEI-on e-POI-Ê-sen oo-DEN PAN-ta DE HO-sa EI-pen i-ô-AN-nês pe-RI TOO-too a-lê-THÊ ÊN
Exegesis
The fronted object sēmeion {σημεῖον | sē-meî-on} ‘sign’ gives prominence to the absence of a miracle-sign, while ouden {οὐδέν | ou-dén} ‘nothing’ intensifies the negation.
Root and etymology
sēmasigma eta mu alpha
“sign, mark”
In context — John 10:41
And many came to Him , and they were saying, “John indeed performed no sign , but everything that John said about this man was true.”
About this coordinate
John 10:41:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 10:41, so the Greek word σημεῖον (sêmeion) 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.10.41.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.41.W11.S1) and character.