John 16:18:8John.16.18.W8TAB
μικρόν;
mikron
“a little {while}”
- Transliteration
- mi-KRON
- Extended
- mi-KRON
- IPA
- /miˈkron/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little {while}
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mi-KRON
- clause
TI es-TIN TOU-to HO LE-yei mi-KRON
- sentence
E-le-gon OUN TI es-TIN TOU-to HO LE-yei mi-KRON
Exegesis
The first question, Ti estin touto ho legei mikron {Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ὃ λέγει μικρόν | tí estin toûto ho lé-gei mi-krón}, asks about the meaning of the utterance as a whole, then narrows to the relative clause ho legei {ὃ λέγει | ho lé-gei}, which specifies the saying that is troubling them.
Mikron {μικρόν | mi-krón} functions substantivally as a brief temporal expression, so the disciples are not simply asking for a dictionary definition but for the referent of Jesus’ time phrase.
Root and etymology
mikrosmi-kros
“small, little”
In context — John 16:18
So they were saying, “What is this ‘little while’ that He is saying? We do not grasp what He is saying.”
About this coordinate
John 16:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 16:18, so the Greek word μικρόν; (mikron) 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.16.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.18.W8.S1) and character.