John 18:1:3John.18.1.W3TAB

Ἰησοῦς

Eeaysoos

Jesus

Transliteration
ee-ay-SOOS
Academic
Iēsous
Extended
ee-ay-SOOS
IPA
/i.eːˈsuːs/

Meaning by language

English
Jesus

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Result
Ἰ + η + σοῦς
ee + ay + soos
eeaysoos

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    ee-ay-SOOS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    TAU-ta ei-PON ee-ay-SOOS ek-SEEL-then SYN TOIS ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU PE-ran TOU khei-MAR-rou TOU ke-DRON HO-pou ÊN KÊ-pos

  3. sentence

    TAU-ta ei-PON ee-ay-SOOS ek-SEEL-then SYN TOIS ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU PE-ran TOU khei-MAR-rou TOU ke-DRON HO-pou ÊN KÊ-pos EIS HON ei-SÊL-then au-TOS KAI HOI ma-thê-TAI au-TOU

Exegesis

The narrative backbone is Ἰησοῦς ἐξῆλθεν {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs, ἐξῆλθεν | ex-ḗl-then} ‘Jesus went out,’ with the subject placed between the participial opener and the finite verb to keep the focus on Jesus as the mover of the scene.

Root and etymology

Iesousiota eta sigma omicron upsilon sigma

Yahweh saves

In contextJohn 18:1

Once Jesus had spoken these things, He left with His disciples and passed beyond the Kidron brook. There was a garden there, and He Himself entered it together with His disciples.

About this coordinate

John 18:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 18:1, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.18.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.1.W3.S1) and character.