John 19:32:4John.19.32.W4TAB
στρατιῶται,
stratiôtai
“soldiers”
- Transliteration
- stra-ti-Ô-tai
- Extended
- stra-ti-Ô-tai
- IPA
- /stra.tiˈɔː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- soldiers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
stra-ti-Ô-tai
- 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 subject phrase hoi stratiotai {οἱ στρατιῶται | hoi stra-ti-ṓ-tai} ‘the soldiers’ follows the verb in typical narrative order, emphasizing the action over the agents.
The aorist verb kateaxan {κατέαξαν | ka-té-a-xan} ‘they broke’ takes as its object ta skele {τὰ σκέλη | ta ské-lē} ‘the legs’, depicting a single, completed, and violent act performed on each victim.
Root and etymology
stratiotessigma–tau–rho–alpha–tau–iota–omega–tau–eta–sigma
“soldier, enlisted man”
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 19:32:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 19:32, so the Greek word στρατιῶται, (stratiôtai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.32.W4.S1) and character.