John 2:9:16John.2.9.W16TAB
δὲ
de
“{but}”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DEH
- IPA
- /ˈde/
Meaning by language
- English
- {but}
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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DE
- 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 verse opens with the temporal conjunction hos de egeusato {ὡς δὲ ἐγεύσατο | hōs dé e-geú-sa-to} “when he tasted,” which marks a new stage in the narrative and places the focus on the reaction that follows the miracle.
This is immediately contrasted by the inserted clause hoi de diakonoi eideisan hoi entlekotes to hydor {οἱ δὲ διάκονοι ᾔδεισαν οἱ ἠντληκότες τὸ ὕδωρ | hoi dé di-á-ko-noi ḗ-dei-san hoi ēn-tlē-kó-tes tó hý-dōr}, where the servants, further defined by the perfect participle “who had drawn the water,” are explicitly said to know, creating a knowledge-ignorance contrast.
Root and etymology
adelphosalpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma
“brother, from the same womb”
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 2:9:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 2:9, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.9.W16.S1) and character.