John 12:20:8John.12.20.W8TAB
ἵνα
hina
“so that”
- Transliteration
- HI-na
- Extended
- HI-nah
- IPA
- /ˈhi.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
HI-na
- sentence
Ê-san de HEL-lê-NES TI-nes ek tôn a-na-bai-NON-tōn HI-na pros-ky-NÊ-sō-sin en têi he-or-TÊI
Exegesis
The hina-clause hina proskunesosin en tē heortē {ἵνα προσκυνήσωσιν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ | hína proskunḗsōsin en tē heortē} expresses purpose, with hina introducing the intended action “that they might worship” and the aorist subjunctive proskunesosin presenting worship as a single, goal-oriented act, further specified by the locative prepositional phrase “in the feast,” that is, within the context of the festival celebrations. In English, the participial construction is rendered as “among those going up / traveling up” to preserve the idea of shared pilgrimage, while the hina purpose clause is naturalized as “in order to worship” or “having come to worship,” maintaining the purpose nuance of the original Greek syntax.
In context — John 12:20
But there were some Greeks among those going up in order to worship at the feast .
About this coordinate
John 12:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 12:20, so the Greek word ἵνα (hina) 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.12.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.20.W8.S1) and character.