John 15:17:1John.15.17.W1TAB
ταῦτα
tauta
“these things”
- Transliteration
- TAU-ta
- Extended
- TAU-ta
- IPA
- /ˈtau̯.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- these things
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TAU-ta
- sentence
TAU-ta en-TEL-lo-mai hy-MEEN HI-na a-ga-PA-te al-LÊ-loos
Exegesis
The verse opens with the fronted demonstrative tauta {ταῦτα | taû-ta} ‘these things’, which gives the command immediate discourse focus and points back to the preceding teaching.
Root and etymology
houtosomicron upsilon tau omicron sigma
“this, these”
In context — John 15:17
These things I command you, so that you may love one another.
About this coordinate
John 15:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 15:17, so the Greek word ταῦτα (tauta) 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.15.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.15.17.W1.S1) and character.