John 14:6:8John.14.6.W8TAB
ὁδὸς
hodos
“way”
- Transliteration
- ho-DOS
- Extended
- ho-DOS
- IPA
- /ho.ˈdos/
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) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DOS
- clause
e-GÔ EI-mi hê ho-DOS KAI hê a-LÊ-thei-a KAI hê zô-Ê
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOI ho ee-ay-SOOS e-GÔ EI-mi hê ho-DOS KAI hê a-LÊ-thei-a KAI hê zô-Ê ou-DEIS ER-khe-tai PROS TON pa-TÊ-ra ei MÊ di e-MOU
Exegesis
Three predicate nominatives—hē hodos {ἡ ὁδὸς | hē ho-dós} ‘the way’, hē alētheia {ἡ ἀλήθεια | hē a-lḗ-thei-a} ‘the truth’, and hē zōē {ἡ ζωή | hē zō-ḗ} ‘the life’—each bear the article and are joined by kai {καὶ | kaí}, creating a deliberate threefold parallelism.
Root and etymology
hod-omicron delta
“way, road, journey”
In context — John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the path, the truth, and the life; no one reaches the Father except through Me."
About this coordinate
John 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 14:6, so the Greek word ὁδὸς (hodos) 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.14.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.14.6.W8.S1) and character.