John 12:4:13John.12.4.W13TAB
παραδιδόναι
paradidonai
“to betray”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-di-DO-nai
- Extended
- pah-rah-dih-DOH-nai
- IPA
- /pa.ra.diˈdo.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to betray
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-di-DO-nai
- sentence
LE-gei de i-OU-das ho is-ka-ri-O-tês heis tôn ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU ho MEL-lôn au-TON pa-ra-di-DO-nai
Exegesis
The articular participial expression ho mellōn auton paradidonai {ὁ μέλλων αὐτὸν παραδιδόναι | ho mél-lōn au-tón pa-ra-di-dó-nai} functions attributively, further defining Judas as “the one who was about to betray Him.” The participle mellōn governs the infinitive paradidonai, indicating an action that is impending but not yet realized, highlighting dramatic irony for the reader who knows what is to come. In English, the appositional and participial constructions are rendered as relative and descriptive clauses (“one of His disciples, the one who was about to betray Him”) to maintain clarity while preserving the emphasis on Judas’s identity and future betrayal before his reported speech.
In context — John 12:4
But Judas Iscariot , one of His disciples, the one who was about to betray Him, said,
About this coordinate
John 12:4:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 12:4, so the Greek word παραδιδόναι (paradidonai) 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.12.4.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.4.W13.S1) and character.