John 2:15:3John.2.15.W3TAB
φραγέλλιον
phragellion
“whip”
- Transliteration
- phra-GEL-li-on
- Extended
- phrah-GEHL-li-ohn
- IPA
- /pʰraˈgel.li.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- whip
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
phra-GEL-li-on
- 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 participial object is phragellion {φραγέλλιον | phra-gél-li-on} ‘whip’, defined by the genitive ek schoiniōn {ἐκ σχοινίων | ek skhoi-ní-ōn} ‘from cords’, where ek with genitive denotes material source.
Root and etymology
phragell-phi–rho–alpha–gamma–epsilon–lambda–lambda
“whip, scourge”
In context — John 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 2:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 2:15, so the Greek word φραγέλλιον (phragellion) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.15.W3.S1) and character.