John 12:8:7John.12.8.W7TAB
ἑαυτῶν
heautōn
“yourselves”
- Transliteration
- he-au-TŌN
- Extended
- heh-ow-TOHN
- IPA
- /he.auˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- yourselves
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
he-au-TŌN
- sentence
tous ptō-KHOUS gar PAN-to-te E-khe-te meth he-au-TŌN e-ME de ou PAN-to-te E-khe-te
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meth heauton {μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν | meth' he-autôn} (“with yourselves”) uses a contracted preposition plus genitive reflexive pronoun to stress the disciples’ ongoing proximity to people in poverty.
In context — John 12:8
For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me .
About this coordinate
John 12:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 12:8, so the Greek word ἑαυτῶν (heautōn) 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.12.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.8.W7.S1) and character.