John 19:32:1John.19.32.W1TAB
ἦλθον
êlthon
“{They} came”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-thon
- Extended
- ÊL-thon
- IPA
- /ˈeːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- {They} came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ÊL-thon
- phraseyour reading level
ÊL-thon OUN hoi stra-ti-Ô-tai
- sentence
ÊL-thon OUN hoi stra-ti-Ô-tai KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist verb elthon {ἦλθον | ēl-thon} ‘they came’, fronting the decisive movement of the soldiers and then linking it to the prior narrative by the inferential conjunction oun {οὖν | oun} ‘therefore’.
In context — John 19:32
Therefore the soldiers came, and they broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Him .
About this coordinate
John 19:32:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 19:32, so the Greek word ἦλθον (êlthon) 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.19.32.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.32.W1.S1) and character.