John 12:40:4John.12.40.W4TAB
ὀφθαλμοὺς
ophthalmous
“eyes”
- Transliteration
- oph-thal-MOUS
- Extended
- ohph-thahl-MOOS
- IPA
- /opʰ.tʰalˈmuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- eyes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
oph-thal-MOUS
- sentence
te-TY-phlō-ken au-TŌN tous oph-thal-MOUS KAI e-PŌ-rō-sen au-TŌN tēn kar-DI-an HI-na MĒ I-dō-sin tois oph-thal-MOIS KAI no-Ê-sō-sin têi kar-DI-ai KAI stra-PHŌ-sin KAI i-A-so-mai au-TOUS
Exegesis
The sentence begins with two finite verbs in sequence, tetyphloken {Τετύφλωκεν | Tetýphlōken} ‘has blinded’ (perfect) and eporōsen {ἐπώρωσεν | epṓrōsen} ‘has hardened’ (aorist), both taking as objects the accusative phrases tous ophthalmous {τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς | toús ophthalmous} ‘the eyes’ and tēn kardian {τὴν καρδίαν | tēn kardían} ‘the heart’, each qualified by the genitive autōn {αὐτῶν | autôn} ‘of them’. The perfect highlights a present state resulting from past action (ongoing blindness), while the aorist presents the hardening as a decisive act.
In context — John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes and He has hardened their heart , so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them.
About this coordinate
John 12:40:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 12:40, so the Greek word ὀφθαλμοὺς (ophthalmous) 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.12.40.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.40.W4.S1) and character.