John 13:9:14John.13.9.W14TAB
χεῖρας
kheiras
“hands”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-ras
- Extended
- KHEI-ras
- IPA
- /ˈkʰei.ras/
Meaning by language
- English
- hands
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
KHEI-ras
- phraseyour reading level
mê tous PO-das mou MO-non al-LA kai tas KHEI-ras kai tên ke-pha-LÊN
- clause
KY-ree-e mê tous PO-das mou MO-non al-LA kai tas KHEI-ras kai tên ke-pha-LÊN
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOI SI-môn PE-tros KY-ree-e mê tous PO-das mou MO-non al-LA kai tas KHEI-ras kai tên ke-pha-LÊN
Exegesis
The coordinated accusatives tas cheiras kai tēn kephalēn {τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν κεφαλήν | tàs kheî-ras kaì tḕn ke-pha-lḗn} “the hands and the head” expand the objects to be cleansed, rhetorically amplifying Peter’s eagerness and overstatement. In translation, the historical present is rendered with a simple past (“said/exclaimed”) for natural English narrative, and the Greek contrastive structure is mirrored through the idiom “not only … but also …,” preserving the logical and emphatic relationships of the original.
Root and etymology
cheirchi–epsilon–iota–rho
“hand, power, agency”
In context — John 13:9
Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord , not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.”
About this coordinate
John 13:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of John 13:9, so the Greek word χεῖρας (kheiras) 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.13.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (John.13.9.W14.S1) and character.