John 18:22:15John.18.22.W15TAB
ἀποκρίνῃ
apokrênêi
“do you answer”
- Transliteration
- a-po-KRÊ-nêi
- Extended
- ah-poh-KREE-nay
- IPA
- /a.poˈkri.neːi̯/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you answer
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-KRÊ-nêi
- clause
HOU-tôs a-po-KRÊ-nêi TÔI ar-khi-e-REI
- sentence
TAU-ta DE au-TOU ei-PON-tos HEIS pa-re-stÊ-KÔS tôn hy-pê-re-TÔN E-dÔ-ken RHA-pis-ma TÔI ee-ay-SOO ei-PÔN HOU-tôs a-po-KRÊ-nêi TÔI ar-khi-e-REI
Exegesis
Inside the quotation, houtōs {Οὕτως | Hoû-tōs} ‘thus, in this way’ is placed first for emphasis, foregrounding the manner of the offense before the challenge apokrinē tō archierei {ἀποκρίνῃ τῷ ἀρχιερεῖ | a-po-krí-nē tō ar-khi-e-reî} ‘do you answer the high priest.’ English rendering therefore turns the participial chain into a natural temporal clause and a reporting clause while preserving the abrupt escalation from speech to physical contempt.
In context — John 18:22
Once Jesus had said these things, one of the officers standing nearby dealt Him a slap, saying, “Is that the proper way to answer the high priest ?”
About this coordinate
John 18:22:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of John 18:22, so the Greek word ἀποκρίνῃ (apokrênêi) 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.18.22.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.22.W15.S1) and character.