John 12:1:7John.12.1.W7TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tou
- sentence
ho oun ee-ay-SOOS pro heks hê-me-RÔN tou PA-s-kha ÊL-then eis bê-tha-NI-an HO-pou ên LA-za-ros hon Ê-gei-ren ek ne-KRÔN ee-ay-SOOS
Exegesis
The temporal prepositional phrase pro hex hemeron tou pascha {πρὸ ἓξ ἡμερῶν τοῦ πάσχα | pro hex hē-me-rōn tou pás-kha} ‘before six days of the Passover’ specifies a point in time relative to the upcoming festival, with the genitive construction indicating the temporal relationship to Passover.
Root and etymology
heaut-eta–alpha–upsilon–tau
“oneself, self”
In context — John 12:1
Therefore Jesus came to Bethany six days before the Passover, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
About this coordinate
John 12:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 12:1, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.12.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.1.W7.S1) and character.