John 14:3:9John.14.3.W9TAB
ἔρχομαι
erkhomai
“I come”
- Transliteration
- ER-kho-mai
- Extended
- EHR-kho-mai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰo.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-kho-mai
- phraseyour reading level
PA-lin ER-kho-mai KAI pa-ra-LÊM-pso-mai hy-MAS pros e-mau-TON
- sentence
KAI e-AN po-reu-THÔ KAI he-toi-MA-sô TO-pon hy-MIN PA-lin ER-kho-mai KAI pa-ra-LÊM-pso-mai hy-MAS pros e-mau-TON HI-na HO-pou ei-MI e-GÔ KAI hy-MEIS Ê-te
Exegesis
The main clause shifts with palin {πάλιν | pá-lin} ‘again’ and uses the present erchomai {ἔρχομαι | ér-kho-mai} for imminent future force, reinforced by the explicitly future paralempsomai {παραλήμψομαι | pa-ra-lḗmp-so-mai}.
Root and etymology
erch-epsilon rho chi
“to come, go, arrive”
In context — John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am returning and will bring you to Myself, so that you also may be where I am.
About this coordinate
John 14:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 14:3, so the Greek word ἔρχομαι (erkhomai) 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.14.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.3.W9.S1) and character.