John 2:1:5John.2.1.W5TAB
τρίτῃ
tritêi
“third”
- Transliteration
- TRI-TÊI
- Extended
- TRI-TÊI
- IPA
- /ˈtri.tɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- third
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
TRI-TÊI
- sentence
KAI TÊI hê-ME-rai TÊI TRI-TÊI GA-mos e-GE-ne-to en ka-NA TÊS ga-li-la-I-as KAI ÊN HÊ MÊ-têr TOU ee-ay-SOO e-KEI
Exegesis
The temporal phrase tē hēmera tē tritē {τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ | tē̂ hē-mé-rāi tē̂ trí-tēi} is a dative of time, with article–noun–article–adjective structure, literally “on the day, the third,” which functions idiomatically as “on the third day.”
In context — John 2:1
And on the third day, a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there .
About this coordinate
John 2:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 2:1, so the Greek word τρίτῃ (tritêi) 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.2.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.1.W5.S1) and character.