John 19:14:16John.19.14.W16TAB
βασιλεὺς
basileus
“king”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEUS
- Extended
- bah-si-LEUS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleus/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- clause
EE-de ho ba-si-LEUS hy-MÔN
- sentence
kai LE-gei tois i-ou-DAI-ois EE-de ho ba-si-LEUS hy-MÔN
Exegesis
The imperative Ide {Ἴδε | Í-de} functions deictically to draw attention, followed by the nominative phrase ho basileus hymōn {ὁ βασιλεὺς ὑμῶν | ho ba-si-leús hy-môn}, “the king of you,” where the genitive pronoun specifies possession or allegiance. In translation, the two temporal clauses are rendered as sequential background information at the start of the sentence to preserve their scene-setting function, while the historical present legei is converted to a simple past in English in the dynamic rendering for natural narration but retained as “he said” with present-style vividness preserved through punctuation and direct quotation. The imperative Ide is translated with emphatic English imperatives “Behold” and “Look” to maintain its rhetorical force and the ironic emphasis on “your King.”
Root and etymology
basileuōbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to reign, be king”
In context — John 19:14
Now it was the Preparation of the Passover ; it was about the sixth hour, and he said to the Jews, “Behold, your King !”
About this coordinate
John 19:14:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 19:14, so the Greek word βασιλεὺς (basileus) 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.19.14.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.14.W16.S1) and character.