John 16:20:8John.16.20.W8TAB
θρηνήσετε
thrênêsete
“you will lament”
- Transliteration
- thrê-NÊ-se-te
- Extended
- threh-NEH-seh-teh
- IPA
- /tʰreˈneː.se.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will lament
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
thrê-NÊ-se-te
- phraseyour reading level
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gō hy-MÎN HO-ti KLAU-se-te kai thrê-NÊ-se-te hy-MEIS
- clause
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gō hy-MÎN HO-ti KLAU-se-te kai thrê-NÊ-se-te hy-MEIS ho de KOS-mos kha-RÊ-se-tai
- sentence
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gō hy-MÎN HO-ti KLAU-se-te kai thrê-NÊ-se-te hy-MEIS ho de KOS-mos kha-RÊ-se-tai hy-MEIS ly-pê-THÊ-se-sthe al hê LY-pê hy-MÔN eis kha-RAN ye-NÊ-se-tai
Exegesis
The paired futures klausete kai thrēnēsēte {κλαύσετε καὶ θρηνήσετε | klau-sé-te kai thrē-nḗ-se-te} ‘you will weep and lament’ stack two grief actions for emphasis, while the fronted hymeis {ὑμεῖς | hy-meîs} ‘you’ sharpens the contrast with ho de kosmos {ὁ δὲ κόσμος | ho de kós-mos} ‘but the world’; the future charēsetai {χαρήσεται | kha-rḗ-se-tai} ‘will rejoice’ marks the opposite response.
In context — John 16:20
I am telling you for certain: you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, yet your sorrow will become joy.
About this coordinate
John 16:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 16:20, so the Greek word θρηνήσετε (thrênêsete) 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.16.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.20.W8.S1) and character.