John 2:5:5John.2.5.W5TAB

τοῖς

tois

to {the}

Transliteration
tois
Extended
tois
IPA
/tois/

Meaning by language

English
to {the}

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    tois

  2. sentence

    LE-gei hê MÊE-têr au-TOU tois di-a-KO-nois hO ti AN LE-gê hy-MEEN poi-Ê-sa-te

Exegesis

The subject phrase hē mētēr autou {ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ | hē mḗ-tēr au-toû} ‘His mother’ is followed by the dative address tois diakonois {τοῖς διακόνοις | toîs di-a-kó-nois} ‘to the servants,’ placing the speaker and the audience in clear sequence before the quoted instruction.

In contextJohn 2:5

His mother said to the servants , “Whatever He tells you, do it.”

About this coordinate

John 2:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 2:5, so the Greek word τοῖς (tois) 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.2.5.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.5.W5.S1) and character.