John 18:30:10John.18.30.W10TAB
ποιῶν⸃,
poiôn
“doing”
- Transliteration
- poi-ÔN
- Extended
- poi-ÔHN
- IPA
- /poi̯ˈɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- doing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
poi-ÔN
- phraseyour reading level
EI MÊ ÊN HOO-tos ka-KON poi-ÔN
- clause
EI MÊ ÊN HOO-tos ka-KON poi-ÔN OUK AN soi pa-re-DÔ-ka-men au-TON
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê-san KAI EI-pan au-TOI EI MÊ ÊN HOO-tos ka-KON poi-ÔN OUK AN soi pa-re-DÔ-ka-men au-TON
Exegesis
The demonstrative houtos {οὗτος | houtos} ‘this one’ refers to Jesus by distance rather than by name, and the participial phrase kakon poion {κακὸν ποιῶν | kakon poiōn} ‘doing evil’ describes the alleged conduct as ongoing, not merely momentary. The apodosis ouk an ...
Root and etymology
poieopi omicron iota epsilon omega
“to do, make”
In context — John 18:30
They made this reply to him: “If this man were not engaged in wrongdoing , we would not have surrendered him to you.”
About this coordinate
John 18:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 18:30, so the Greek word ποιῶν⸃, (poiôn) 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.18.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.30.W10.S1) and character.