John 12:35:18John.12.35.W18TAB
ἔχετε
ekhete
“you have”
- Transliteration
- E-khe-te
- Extended
- EH-kʰeh-teh
- IPA
- /ˈe.kʰe.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you have
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
E-khe-te
- sentence
EI-pen OUN au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS E-ti mi-KRON KHRO-non to PHÔS en hy-MEEN es-TIN pe-ri-pa-TEI-te hôs to PHÔS E-khe-te HI-na mê sko-TI-a hy-MAS ka-ta-LA-bêi kai ho pe-ri-pa-TÔN en têi sko-TI-ai ouk OI-den pou hy-PA-gei
Exegesis
It is qualified by the temporal clause heos to phos echete {ἕως τὸ φῶς ἔχετε | hé-ōs tò phôs é-khe-te} ‘while you have the light’, where the conjunction heos sets a time limit on the commanded walking, and the present indicative echete underscores the current, but not permanent, possession of the light.
In context — John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, “Yet a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light , so that darkness will not overtake you. And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.”
About this coordinate
John 12:35:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 12:35, so the Greek word ἔχετε (ekhete) 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.12.35.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.35.W18.S1) and character.