John 12:6:7John.12.6.W7TAB
τῶν
tôn
“the”
- Transliteration
- tôn
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tôn
- sentence
EI-pen de TOU-to oukh HO-ti pe-REE tôn ptō-KHŌN E-me-len au-TÔ al HO-ti KLEP-tês ÊN KAI to glōs-SO-ko-mon E-khōn ta bal-LO-me-na e-BA-sta-dzen
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri tōn ptōchōn {περὶ τῶν πτωχῶν | pe-rí tôn ptō-chōn} functions as the complement of the impersonal verb emelen {ἔμελεν | é-me-len}, yielding the sense “it was not a concern to him about the poor,” with auto {αὐτῷ | au-tôi} marking the dative of reference.
Root and etymology
anabainōalpha–nu–alpha–beta–alpha–iota–nu–omega
“to go up, ascend”
In context — John 12:6
He said this, not because he was concerned about the poor , but because he was a thief and, having the money box , he used to carry off what was being put into it.
About this coordinate
John 12:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 12:6, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.12.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.6.W7.S1) and character.