John 11:49:16John.11.49.W16TAB
οἴδατε
oidate
“{You} know”
- Transliteration
- OI-da-te
- Extended
- OI-dah-teh
- IPA
- /ˈoi.da.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- {You} know
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OI-da-te
- clause
hy-MEIS ouk OI-da-te ou-DEN
- sentence
HEIS DE TIS eks au-TÔN ka-i-A-phas ar-khi-e-REUS ÔN tou e-ni-au-TOU e-KEI-nou EI-pen au-TOIS hy-MEIS ouk OI-da-te ou-DEN
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, the fronted pronoun Humeis {Ὑμεῖς | Hymeîs} ‘you’ heightens emphasis when combined with the negated verb oidate {οἴδατε | oídáte} ‘you know’ and the object ouden {οὐδέν | oudén} ‘nothing’, producing a sweeping denunciation: ‘you, you know absolutely nothing.’ In English, the participial phrase is naturally rendered as a relative clause (“who was/served as high priest that year”), while the emphatic second person and total negation are preserved through wording such as “You know nothing at all” and “You do not understand anything.”
Root and etymology
oidaomicron–iota–delta–alpha
“to know, be aware”
In context — John 11:49
But one of them, Caiaphas , who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,”
About this coordinate
John 11:49:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 11:49, so the Greek word οἴδατε (oidate) 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.11.49.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.11.49.W16.S1) and character.