John 2:16:18John.2.16.W18TAB
ἐμπορίου
emporiou
“trade”
- Transliteration
- em-po-RI-ou
- Extended
- em-po-RI-ou
- IPA
- /em.po.ˈri.u/
Meaning by language
- English
- trade
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
em-po-RI-ou
- sentence
KAI TOIS TAS pe-ri-ste-RAS pō-LOU-sin EI-pen A-ra-te TAU-ta en-TEU-then MÊ poi-EI-te TON OI-kon TOU pa-TROS MOU OI-kon em-po-RI-ou
Exegesis
The repeated noun oikon {οἶκον | oîkon} creates a deliberate contrast: first the house is identified by relationship in tou patros mou {τοῦ πατρός μου | toû patrós mou} ‘of My Father,’ then it is rejected as oikon emporiou {οἶκον ἐμπορίου | oîkon emporíou} ‘a house of trade,’ so the syntax opposes sacred ownership to profane use.
In context — John 2:16
And to those selling the doves He said, “Move these away from here; do not make My Father’s house a house of trade .”
About this coordinate
John 2:16:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 2:16, so the Greek word ἐμπορίου (emporiou) 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.2.16.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.16.W18.S1) and character.