John 13:16:14John.13.16.W14TAB
μείζων
meizōn
“greater”
- Transliteration
- MEI-zōn
- Extended
- MEI-zohn
- IPA
- /ˈmei.zɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- greater
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-zōn
- phraseyour reading level
OUK ES-tin DOU-los MEI-zōn TOU ky-REE-ou au-TOU ou-DE a-PO-sto-los MEI-zōn TOU PEMP-san-tos au-TON
- sentence
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gō hy-MEEN OUK ES-tin DOU-los MEI-zōn TOU ky-REE-ou au-TOU ou-DE a-PO-sto-los MEI-zōn TOU PEMP-san-tos au-TON
Exegesis
The core assertion is a negative copular clause ouk estin {οὐκ ἔστιν | ouk éstin} ‘is not’, followed by a comparative predicate in which doulos {δοῦλος | doûlos} ‘slave’ is evaluated as meizōn {μείζων | meízōn} ‘greater’ than tou kyriou autou {τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ | toû kyríou autoû} ‘his master’.
Root and etymology
megasm-e-g-a-s
“great”
In context — John 13:16
Truly, truly, I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.
About this coordinate
John 13:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of John 13:16, so the Greek word μείζων (meizōn) 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.13.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (John.13.16.W14.S1) and character.