John 16:2:14John.16.2.W14TAB
προσφέρειν
prospherein
“to offer”
- Transliteration
- pros-PHE-rein
- Extended
- prohs-PHEH-rein
- IPA
- /pros.ˈpʰe.rei̯n/
Meaning by language
- English
- to offer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pros-PHE-rein
- clause
al ER-khe-tai HÔ-ra HI-na pas ho a-pok-TEI-nas hy-MAS DO-ksei la-TREI-an pros-PHE-rein tôi the-Ô
- sentence
a-po-sy-na-GO-gous poi-Ê-sou-sin hy-MAS al ER-khe-tai HÔ-ra HI-na pas ho a-pok-TEI-nas hy-MAS DO-ksei la-TREI-an pros-PHE-rein tôi the-Ô
Exegesis
The subordinating conjunction hina {ἵνα | hína} governs a result clause pas ho apokteinas hymas doxē latreian prospherein tō theō {πᾶς ὁ ἀποκτείνας ὑμᾶς δόξῃ λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ θεῷ | pâs ho apokteínas hymâs dóxē latreían prosphérein tō theō}, where the articular participle construction pas ho apokteinas indicates ‘everyone who kills you’ in a general sense.
The aorist subjunctive doxē expresses the persecutors’ certainty that they are performing latreian prospherein ‘offering worship,’ with latreian {λατρεία | latreían} ‘service, worship’ and prospherein {προσφέρειν | prosphérein} ‘to offer’ evoking cultic ritual. The single preposition tō governs the dative theō, linking both worship and perception to God.
In context — John 16:2
They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming when everyone who kills you will suppose he is offering service to God .
About this coordinate
John 16:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of John 16:2, so the Greek word προσφέρειν (prospherein) 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.16.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.2.W14.S1) and character.