John 12:16:7John.12.16.W7TAB
τὸ
to
“the”
- Transliteration
- to
- Extended
- toh
- IPA
- /to/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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TAU-ta ouk EG-no-san au-TOU hoi ma-thê-TAI to PRÔ-ton al HO-te e-dok-SA-thê ee-ay-SOOS TO-te em-NÊS-thê-san HO-ti TAU-ta ÊN ep au-TÔ ge-gra-MME-na KAI TAU-ta e-POI-ê-san au-TÔ
Exegesis
The temporal phrase to prōton {τὸ πρῶτον | tò prô-ton} ‘at first’ marks this lack of understanding as limited to an initial stage.
Root and etymology
heaut-eta–alpha–upsilon–tau
“oneself, self”
In context — John 12:16
His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.
About this coordinate
John 12:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 12:16, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.12.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.16.W7.S1) and character.