John 19:11:1John.19.11.W1TAB
ἀπεκρίθη
apekrithê
“{He} answered”
- Transliteration
- a-pe-KRI-thê
- Extended
- ah-peh-KRI-thêh
- IPA
- /a.peˈkri.tʰeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} answered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-pe-KRI-thê
- clause
a-pe-KRI-thê au-TO ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê au-TO ee-ay-SOOS ouk EI-khes ek-sou-SI-an kat e-MOU ou-de-MI-an ei MÊ ÊN de-do-ME-non soi A-nō-then di-A TOU-to ho pa-ra-DOUS ME soi MEI-zo-na ha-mar-TI-an E-khei
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist verb apekrithe {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pe-kri-thē} ‘answered’, followed by a dative pronoun auto {αὐτῷ | au-tôi} and the subject Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs}, forming the narrative frame “Jesus answered him.”
Root and etymology
apokrinomaialpha–pi–omicron–kappa–rho–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to answer, respond”
In context — John 19:11
Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority against Me at all unless it had been given to you from above; because of this, the one who handed Me over to you has the greater sin.”
About this coordinate
John 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 19:11, so the Greek word ἀπεκρίθη (apekrithê) 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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.11.W1.S1) and character.