John 19:33:5John.19.33.W5TAB
ἐλθόντες,
elthontes
“having come”
- Transliteration
- el-THON-tes
- Extended
- ehl-THON-tehs
- IPA
- /elˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-THON-tes
- phraseyour reading level
e-PEE de ton ee-ay-SOON el-THON-tes
- sentence
e-PEE de ton ee-ay-SOON el-THON-tes hōs EE-don Ê-dê au-TON te-thnê-KO-ta ou ka-TE-ak-san au-TOU ta SKE-lê
Exegesis
The participle elthontes {ἐλθόντες | elthóntes} “having come” stands at the head of the clause and is linked with the temporal conjunction hos {ὡς | hōs} “when,” producing a temporal participial construction: “when they had come.”
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to come, go”
In context — John 19:33
But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs .
About this coordinate
John 19:33:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 19:33, so the Greek word ἐλθόντες, (elthontes) 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.19.33.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.33.W5.S1) and character.