John 14:5:12John.14.5.W12TAB
ὁδὸν
hodon
“way”
- Transliteration
- ho-DON
- Extended
- ho-DON
- IPA
- /hoˈdon/
Meaning by language
- English
- way
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DON
- clause
PÔS dy-NA-me-tha TÊN ho-DON ei-DE-nai
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOI thô-MAS KY-ree-e ouk OI-da-men POO hy-PA-yeis PÔS dy-NA-me-tha TÊN ho-DON ei-DE-nai
Exegesis
The accusative hodon {ὁδόν | ho-dón} is specific and pointed, so the verse moves from not knowing the destination to not being able to identify the route. The lack of an overt conjunction between the two questions makes the second rise directly out of the first.
Root and etymology
hodosomicron delta omicron sigma
“way, road, route”
In context — John 14:5
Thomas spoke to Him, “Lord , we do not know where You are going; how are we able to know the way ?”
About this coordinate
John 14:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 14:5, so the Greek word ὁδὸν (hodon) 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.14.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.5.W12.S1) and character.