John 12:28:6John.12.28.W6TAB

ἦλθεν

êlthen

came

Transliteration
ÊL-then
Extended
AYL-thehn
IPA
/ˈɛːl.tʰen/

Meaning by language

English
came

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Result
ἦλ + θεν
êl + then
êlthen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊL-then

  2. sentence

    PA-ter DOX-a-SON sou to O-no-ma ÊL-then oun phō-NÊ ek tou ou-ra-NOU KAI e-DOX-a-sa kai PA-lin dox-A-sō

Exegesis

The narrative then shifts with the aorist indicative elthen {ἦλθεν | êl-then} ‘came’, introducing a new subject phone {φωνὴ | phō-nḗ} ‘voice’ in the nominative.

In contextJohn 12:28

Father , glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven : "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again."

About this coordinate

John 12:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 12:28, so the Greek word ἦλθεν (êlthen) 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.12.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.28.W6.S1) and character.