John 18:2:11John.18.2.W11TAB
πολλάκις
pollakis
“often”
- Transliteration
- pol-LA-kis
- Extended
- pol-LA-kis
- IPA
- /polˈla.kis/
Meaning by language
- English
- often
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LA-kis
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti pol-LA-kis sy-NÊKH-thê ee-ay-SOOS e-KEI me-TA TÔN ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU
- sentence
ÊI-DEI DE KAI i-OU-das HO pa-ra-di-DOUS au-TON TON TO-pon HO-ti pol-LA-kis sy-NÊKH-thê ee-ay-SOOS e-KEI me-TA TÔN ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU
Exegesis
The hoti clause {ὅτι πολλάκις συνήχθη Ἰησοῦς ἐκεῖ μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ | ho-ti pol-la-kis sy-nē-chthē Iē-soūs e-kei me-ta tōn ma-thē-tōn au-tou} explains why Judas knew the place.
Although synēchthē {συνήχθη | sy-nē-chthē} is aorist passive, the presence of pollakis {πολλάκις | pol-la-kis} gives it customary force, so English naturally renders the action as repeated meeting or assembling rather than a single event.
In context — John 18:2
Now Judas, the one handing Him over, knew that location as well, because Jesus often assembled there with His disciples .
About this coordinate
John 18:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of John 18:2, so the Greek word πολλάκις (pollakis) 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.18.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.2.W11.S1) and character.