John 14:12:21John.14.12.W21TAB
ἐγὼ
egō
“I”
- Transliteration
- e-GŌ
- Extended
- eh-GŌ
- IPA
- /eˈgɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-GŌ
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti e-GŌ pros ton pa-TE-ra po-REU-o-mai
- sentence
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gŌ hy-MEEN ho pi-STEU-ōn eis e-ME ta ER-ga ha e-GŌ poi-Ō ka-KEI-nos poi-Ê-sei kai MEI-zo-na TOU-tōn poi-Ê-sei HO-ti e-GŌ pros ton pa-TE-ra po-REU-o-mai
Exegesis
Ta erga ha ego poio {τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ | ta érga ha egṓ poiō} ‘the works which I do’ is joined by a relative clause that identifies the same deeds Jesus is already performing.
The causal clause hoti ego pros ton patera poreuomai {ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα πορεύομαι | hóti egṓ pros ton patéra poreúomai} ‘because I am going toward the Father’ grounds the promise in Jesus’ departure, with the present tense of poreuomai portraying that movement as already underway and still unfolding.
Root and etymology
legolambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 14:12
Amen, amen, I say to you, the one who believes in Me will also do the works that I do, and he will do greater works than these, because I am going toward the Father .
About this coordinate
John 14:12:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of John 14:12, so the Greek word ἐγὼ (egō) 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.14.12.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.12.W21.S1) and character.