John 14:30:17John.14.30.W17TAB
οὐδέν,
ouden
“nothing”
- Transliteration
- ou-DEN
- Extended
- ou-DEHN
- IPA
- /uˈden/
Meaning by language
- English
- nothing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ou-DEN
- clause
kai en e-MOI ouk E-khei ou-DEN
- sentence
ou-KE-ti pol-LA la-LÊ-sô meth hy-MÔN ER-khe-tai gar ho tou KOS-mou AR-khōn kai en e-MOI ouk E-khei ou-DEN
Exegesis
The final clause kai en emoi ouk echei ouden {καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν | kaí en e-moi ouk é-khei ou-dén} closes the verse with emphasis on the speaker Himself: the fronted prepositional phrase en emoi ‘in Me’ highlights the sphere in which the ruler finds nothing, and the paired negation ouk ... ouden intensifies the denial into a statement of complete absence of any leverage, foothold, or claim. English can preserve the Greek sequence either by keeping the simple coordination of kai or by slightly smoothing it to a contrastive sense, but the Greek itself presents a forceful progression from curtailed speech to imminent opposition to total defeat of the adversary’s claim.
In context — John 14:30
I will not speak at length with you any longer, for the ruler of the world is coming, and in Me he has nothing.
About this coordinate
John 14:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 14:30, so the Greek word οὐδέν, (ouden) 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.14.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.30.W17.S1) and character.