John 16:21:23John.16.21.W23TAB
χαρὰν
kharan
“joy”
- Transliteration
- kha-RAN
- Extended
- khah-RAHN
- IPA
- /kʰaˈran/
Meaning by language
- English
- joy
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-RAN
- phraseyour reading level
oo-KE-ti mnê-mo-NEU-ei tês THLI-psê-os di-A tên kha-RAN HO-ti e-yen-NÊ-thê AN-thrô-pos eis ton KOS-mon
- clause
HO-tan de yen-NÊ-sêi to pai-DI-on oo-KE-ti mnê-mo-NEU-ei tês THLI-psê-os di-A tên kha-RAN HO-ti e-yen-NÊ-thê AN-thrô-pos eis ton KOS-mon
- sentence
hê gy-NÊ HO-tan TIK-têi LY-pên E-khei HO-ti ÊL-then hê HÔ-ra au-TÊS HO-tan de yen-NÊ-sêi to pai-DI-on oo-KE-ti mnê-mo-NEU-ei tês THLI-psê-os di-A tên kha-RAN HO-ti e-yen-NÊ-thê AN-thrô-pos eis ton KOS-mon
Exegesis
Dia {διὰ | diá} with the accusative tēn charan {τὴν χαρὰν | tḕn charán} supplies the reason for the reversal, and the final hoti {ὅτι | hóti} clause gives the content of that joy: egenethe anthrōpos eis ton kosmon {ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον | egennḗthē ánthrōpos eis tòn kósmon}. The verse moves from pain to joy through a carefully balanced temporal contrast.
Root and etymology
chairchi alpha iota rho
“to rejoice”
In context — John 16:21
A woman in labor suffers because her hour has come; but once she has brought forth the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
About this coordinate
John 16:21:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of John 16:21, so the Greek word χαρὰν (kharan) 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.16.21.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.21.W23.S1) and character.