John 15:13:2John.15.13.W2TAB
ταύτης
tautês
“than this”
- Transliteration
- TAU-tês
- Extended
- TAU-tês
- IPA
- /ˈtau.teːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- than this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TAU-tês
- phraseyour reading level
MEI-zo-na TAU-tês a-GA-pên ou-DEIS E-khei
- sentence
MEI-zo-na TAU-tês a-GA-pên ou-DEIS E-khei HI-na tis TÊN psy-KHÊN au-TOU THÊI hy-PER TÔN PHI-lôn au-TOU
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the fronted comparative phrase meizona tautes agapen {μείζονα ταύτης ἀγάπην | meí-zo-na taú-tēs a-gá-pēn} ‘greater love than this’, placing the quality of love before the main assertion so the emphasis falls on the standard being surpassed.
In context — John 15:13
There is no love greater than this: that a person should lay down his life for his friends.
About this coordinate
John 15:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 15:13, so the Greek word ταύτης (tautês) 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.15.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.13.W2.S1) and character.