John 18:17:16John.18.17.W16TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- tou
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tou
- clause
MÊ KAI SY ek TÔN ma-thê-TÔN EI tou an-THRÔ-pou TOU-tou LE-yei e-KEI-nos
- sentence
LE-yei OUN TOI PE-trôi hê pai-DIS-kê hê thy-rô-ROS MÊ KAI SY ek TÔN ma-thê-TÔN EI tou an-THRÔ-pou TOU-tou LE-yei e-KEI-nos ouk ei-MI
Exegesis
The phrase tou anthrōpou toutou {τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τούτου | toû anthrṓ-pou toú-tou} is deictic, pointing to the man in the immediate narrative without naming Him.
Root and etymology
eniautepsilon nu iota alpha upsilon tau
“year or annual cycle”
In context — John 18:17
Then the servant girl, the gatekeeper, said to Peter , “You are not among this man’s disciples either, are you?” He responded, “I am not.”
About this coordinate
John 18:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 18:17, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.18.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.17.W16.S1) and character.