John 16:25:11John.16.25.W11TAB
παροιμίαις
paroimiais
“figures of speech”
- Transliteration
- pa-roi-MI-ais
- Extended
- pah-roi-MI-ais
- IPA
- /pa.roi.ˈmi.ais/
Meaning by language
- English
- figures of speech
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-roi-MI-ais
- clause
ER-khe-tai HÔ-ra HO-te oo-KE-ti en pa-roi-MI-ais la-LÊ-sÔ hy-MIN al-LA par-rê-SI-a pe-RI tou pa-TROS a-paŋ-YE-LÔ hy-MIN
- sentence
TAU-ta en pa-roi-MI-ais le-LA-lê-ka hy-MIN ER-khe-tai HÔ-ra HO-te oo-KE-ti en pa-roi-MI-ais la-LÊ-sÔ hy-MIN al-LA par-rê-SI-a pe-RI tou pa-TROS a-paŋ-YE-LÔ hy-MIN
Exegesis
The fronted demonstrative tauta {Ταῦτα | taû-ta} sets the topic first, and the repeated phrase en paroimiais {ἐν παροιμίαις | en paroimíais} frames both the present and future modes of instruction, creating a bracket of veiled speech around the whole saying.
Root and etymology
parapi alpha rho alpha
“beside, alongside”
In context — John 16:25
I have told you these things in parables ; an hour is approaching when I will no longer use parables with you, but I will speak openly to you about the Father .
About this coordinate
John 16:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 16:25, so the Greek word παροιμίαις (paroimiais) 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.16.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.25.W11.S1) and character.