John 11:37:2John.11.37.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DEH
- IPA
- /ˈde/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
DE
- clause
ti-NES DE eks au-TÔN EI-pan
- sentence
ti-NES DE eks au-TÔN EI-pan ouk e-DY-na-to HOU-tos ho a-NOI-ksas tous oph-thal-MOUS tou ty-PHLOU poi-Ê-sai HI-na KAI HOU-tos MÊ a-po-THA-nê
Exegesis
The sentence begins with tines de {τινὲς δὲ | tinès dè} ‘but some’, where the contrastive particle de links this comment to the preceding scene of grief while the indefinite pronoun tines marks only a portion of the onlookers as speakers.
Root and etymology
adelphosalpha delta epsilon lambda phi omicron sigma
“sibling from the same womb”
In context — John 11:37
But some of them said, “Could not this one who opened the eyes of the blind have done something so that even this one would not have died?”
About this coordinate
John 11:37:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 11:37, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.11.37.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.11.37.W2.S1) and character.