John 12:9:8John.12.9.W8TAB
ὅτι
hoti
“that”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HOH-tih
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- that
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HO-ti
- sentence
EG-nō OUN OKH-los po-LYS ek tôn iou-dai-ŌN HO-ti e-KEI ES-tin KAI ÊL-thon ou di-A ton ee-ay-SOON MO-non al HI-na KAI ton LA-za-ron I-dō-sin HON Ê-gei-ren ek ne-KRŌN
Exegesis
The content clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’—hoti ekei estin {ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἐστιν | hóti e-keî es-tin} ‘that He is there’—expresses what the crowd has come to know, with the adverb ekei marking location.
Root and etymology
skot-sigma–kappa–omicron–tau
“darkness, obscurity”
In context — John 12:9
Therefore a large crowd from among the Jews knew that He was there, and they came not only because of Jesus but also so that they might see Lazarus , whom He had raised from the dead.
About this coordinate
John 12:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 12:9, so the Greek word ὅτι (hoti) 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.12.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.9.W8.S1) and character.