John 19:29:4John.19.29.W4TAB
μεστόν·
meston
“full”
- Transliteration
- me-STON
- Extended
- meh-STOHN
- IPA
- /meˈston/
Meaning by language
- English
- full
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
me-STON
- clause
SKEU-os E-kei-to OK-soos me-STON
- sentence
SKEU-os E-kei-to OK-soos me-STON SPO-ngon OUN me-STON tō OK-soos hys-SO-pō pe-ri-THEN-tes pro-SÊ-neNG-kan au-TOU tō STO-ma-ti
Exegesis
The genitive oxous {ὄξους | óx-us} combined with the predicate adjective meston {μεστόν | mes-tón} creates the idea of a container ‘full of sour wine’, with the genitive functioning as a genitive of content.
The narrative focus then shifts to the instrument: spongon oun meston tou oxous {σπόγγον οὖν μεστὸν τοῦ ὄξους | spón-gon oun mes-tón tou óx-us}, where spongon is the direct object of the later main verb, described in advance by the participial phrase.
In context — John 19:29
Now a vessel full of sour wine was set there; so they placed a sponge filled with the sour wine on a hyssop stalk , and brought it to His mouth.
About this coordinate
John 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 19:29, so the Greek word μεστόν· (meston) 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.19.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.29.W4.S1) and character.