John 15:10:5John.15.10.W5TAB
τηρήσητε,
têrêsête
“keep”
- Transliteration
- tê-RÊ-sê-te
- Extended
- tê-RÊ-sê-teh
- IPA
- /teˈreː.seː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
tê-RÊ-sê-te
- phraseyour reading level
e-AN tas en-to-LAS mou tê-RÊ-sê-te
- sentence
e-AN tas en-to-LAS mou tê-RÊ-sê-te me-NEI-te en têi a-GA-pêi mou ka-THÔS e-GÔ tas en-to-LAS tou pa-TROS mou te-TÊ-rê-ka kai ME-nô au-TOU en têi a-GA-pêi
Exegesis
The sentence begins with ean {ἐὰν | e-án}, which introduces a conditional frame, and the aorist subjunctive teresete {τηρήσητε | tē-rḗ-sē-te} presents the disciples’ response as the required condition.
The phrase en tē agapē mou {ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ μου | en tē̂ a-gá-pē mou} locates the believers inside the sphere of Jesus’ love, so the wording points to relational belonging rather than a mere feeling.
The repeated en tē agapē {ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ | en tē̂ a-gá-pē} closes the verse by returning to the same sphere of love, linking the disciples’ promised abiding with Jesus’ own abiding.
In context — John 15:10
If you keep My commandments , you will continue in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and continue in His love.
About this coordinate
John 15:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 15:10, so the Greek word τηρήσητε, (têrêsête) 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.15.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.10.W5.S1) and character.