John 13:28:7John.13.28.W7TAB
πρὸς
pros
“toward”
- Transliteration
- PROS
- Extended
- PROHS
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- toward
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PROS
- sentence
TOO-to DE oo-DEIS EG-no TÔN a-na-kei-ME-nôn PROS TI EI-pen au-TOI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros ti {πρὸς τί | pròs tí} conveys inquiry into purpose, suitably rendered “for what reason” or “why.”
In context — John 13:28
Yet none of those reclining understood for what reason He said this to him.
About this coordinate
John 13:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 13:28, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.13.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.13.28.W7.S1) and character.