John 2:15:10John.2.15.W10TAB

ἱεροῦ

hierou

temple

Transliteration
hi-e-ROU
Extended
hee-eh-ROO
IPA
/hi.eˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
temple

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Result
ἱ + ε + ροῦ
hi + e + rou
hierou

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-e-ROU

  2. sentence

    KAI poi-Ê-sas phra-GEL-li-on ek skhoi-NI-ōn PAN-tas ek-SE-ba-len ek TOU hi-e-ROU TA te PRO-ba-ta KAI TOUS BO-as KAI TÔN kol-ly-bis-TÔN ek-SE-khe-en TA KER-ma-ta KAI TAS tra-PE-dzas a-NES-trep-sen

Exegesis

The main verb exebalen {ἐξέβαλεν | ex-é-ba-len} ‘he drove out’ governs pantas {πάντας | pán-tas} ‘all’ with the locative phrase ek tou hierou {ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ | ek toû hi-e-roû} ‘out of the temple’.

In contextJohn 2:15

And having made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple , both the sheep and the oxen, and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned the tables.

About this coordinate

John 2:15:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 2:15, so the Greek word ἱεροῦ (hierou) 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.2.15.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.15.W10.S1) and character.