John 2:9:13John.2.9.W13TAB
πόθεν
pothen
“from where”
- Transliteration
- PO-then
- Extended
- PO-then
- IPA
- /ˈpo.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- from where
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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PO-then
- sentence
hōs DE e-GEU-sa-to ho ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos TO HY-dōr OI-non ge-ge-nē-ME-non KAI ouk Ē-DEI PO-then es-TIN hoi DE di-A-ko-noi Ē-DEI-san hoi ēn-tlē-KO-tes TO HY-dōr phō-NEI TON nym-PHI-on ho ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos
Exegesis
The clause kai ouk eidei pothen estin {καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει πόθεν ἐστίν | kaí ouk ḗ-dei pó-then es-tín} “and he did not know from where it is” presents the steward’s ignorance, with pothen functioning as an interrogative adverb of origin.
In context — John 2:9
When the master of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine and did not know from where it had come , though the servants who had drawn the water knew, the master of the banquet called the bridegroom.
About this coordinate
John 2:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 2:9, so the Greek word πόθεν (pothen) 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.2.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.9.W13.S1) and character.