John 2:5:6John.2.5.W6TAB
διακόνοις
diakonois
“servants”
- Transliteration
- di-a-KO-nois
- Extended
- di-a-KO-nois
- IPA
- /di.a.ˈko.nois/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-KO-nois
- 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 context — John 2:5
His mother said to the servants , “Whatever He tells you, do it.”
About this coordinate
John 2:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 2:5, so the Greek word διακόνοις (diakonois) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.5.W6.S1) and character.