John 18:38:7John.18.38.W7TAB
ἀλήθεια;
alêtheia
“truth”
- Transliteration
- a-LÊ-thei-a
- Extended
- ah-LÊ-thei-ah
- IPA
- /aˈleː.tʰiː.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- truth
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-LÊ-thei-a
- clause
TI es-TIN a-LÊ-thei-a
- sentence
LE-yei au-TO ho pi-LA-tos TI es-TIN a-LÊ-thei-a
Exegesis
functioning as a predicate nominative with the equative verb estin {ἐστιν | é-stin} ‘is’ and the nominative predicate alētheia {ἀλήθεια | a-lḗ-thei-a} ‘truth’, creating a terse, open-ended inquiry.
Root and etymology
alēthēsalpha–lambda–eta–theta–eta–sigma
“not hidden, unconcealed truth”
In context — John 18:38
Pilate said to Him , “What is truth?” And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and said to them, “I find no charge in Him.”
About this coordinate
John 18:38:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 18:38, so the Greek word ἀλήθεια; (alêtheia) 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.18.38.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.38.W7.S1) and character.