John 19:39:1John.19.39.W1TAB
ἦλθεν
êlthen
“{He} came”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-then
- Extended
- ÊL-then
- IPA
- /ˈeːl.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} came
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊL-then
- phraseyour reading level
ÊL-then DE KAI ni-KO-dê-mos
- sentence
ÊL-then DE KAI ni-KO-dê-mos HO el-THÔN pros au-TON NYK-TOS TO PRÔ-ton PHE-rôn MIG-ma SMYR-nês KAI a-LO-ês HÔS LI-tras he-ka-TON
Exegesis
The main clause begins with the aorist elthen {ἦλθεν | êlthen} foregrounding a new arrival in the burial narrative, while de {δὲ | dè} marks a mild continuation that links this action to the preceding events.
Root and etymology
eiserchomaiepsilon–iota–sigma–epsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go or come in”
In context — John 19:39
But Nicodemus also came, the one who had first come to Him at night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about one hundred litrai.
About this coordinate
John 19:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 19:39, so the Greek word ἦλθεν (êlthen) 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.19.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.39.W1.S1) and character.