John 16:27:1John.16.27.W1TAB
αὐτὸς
autos
“himself”
- Transliteration
- au-TOS
- Extended
- au-TOS
- IPA
- /auˈtos/
Meaning by language
- English
- himself
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOS
- phraseyour reading level
au-TOS GAR ho pa-TÊR phi-LEI hy-MAS
- sentence
au-TOS GAR ho pa-TÊR phi-LEI hy-MAS HO-ti hy-MEIS e-ME pe-phi-STEU-ka-te KAI pe-pi-STEU-ka-te HO-ti e-GÔ pa-RA TOU the-OO ek-SÊL-thon
Exegesis
The sentence opens with autos gar ho patēr {αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ | autós gàr ho patḗr} ‘the Father Himself,’ where the fronted autos {αὐτός | autós} heightens emphasis before the explanatory gar {γάρ | gár}.
In context — John 16:27
For the Father Himself loves you, since you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God .
About this coordinate
John 16:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 16:27, so the Greek word αὐτὸς (autos) 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.16.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.16.27.W1.S1) and character.