John 10:9:2John.10.9.W2TAB
εἰμι
eimi
“am”
- Transliteration
- EI-mi
- Extended
- EI-mi
- IPA
- /ˈei.mi/
Meaning by language
- English
- am
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI-mi
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi hê THY-ra di e-MOU e-AN tis ei-SEL-thê sô-THÊ-se-tai KAI ei-se-LEU-se-tai KAI ek-se-LEU-se-tai KAI no-MÊN heu-RÊ-sei
Exegesis
The sentence begins with egō eimi {ἐγώ εἰμι | egṓ eimí} ‘I am,’ where the explicit subject pronoun emphasizes divine self-identification.
Root and etymology
esepsilon sigma
“to be, exist”
In context — John 10:9
I am the door ; through Me, if anyone enters, he will be saved, and he will go in and go out and will find pasture.
About this coordinate
John 10:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 10:9, so the Greek word εἰμι (eimi) 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.10.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.9.W2.S1) and character.