John 12:46:2John.12.46.W2TAB

φῶς

phôs

light

Transliteration
PHÔS
Extended
PHÔS
IPA
/pʰɔːs/

Meaning by language

English
light

Alphabet Analysis

Phiph — as in phone (f)
Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    PHÔS

  2. sentence

    e-GO PHÔS eis ton KOS-mon e-LÊ-ly-tha HI-na PAS ho pi-STEY-ōn eis e-ME en têi sko-TI-a MÊ MEI-nêi

Exegesis

The sentence opens with the emphatic subject pronoun egō {ἐγώ | eg-ṓ}, highlighting the identity of the speaker, followed immediately by the nominative noun phōs {φῶς | phôs} in apposition, so that “I” is explicitly identified as “light.”

Root and etymology

phosphi–omega–sigma

light, illumination

In contextJohn 12:46

I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness .

About this coordinate

John 12:46:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 12:46, so the Greek word φῶς (phôs) 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.12.46.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.46.W2.S1) and character.