John 2:9:7John.2.9.W7TAB

ὕδωρ

hydōr

water

Transliteration
HY-dōr
Extended
HY-dōr
IPA
/ˈhy.dɔːr/

Meaning by language

English
water

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Result
ὕ + δωρ
hy + dōr
hydōr

Alphabet Analysis

Upsiloni — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Omegao — same as omicron
Rhor — rolled r

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Word in context

  1. word

    HY-dōr

  2. 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 object phrase to hydor oinon gegenemenon {τὸ ὕδωρ οἶνον γεγενημένον | tó hý-dōr oî-non ge-ge-nē-mé-non} “the water, wine having become” uses a perfect participle to stress the completed and enduring result of the transformation.

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

hyd-upsilon–delta

water, liquid

In contextJohn 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 2:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 2:9, so the Greek word ὕδωρ (hydōr) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.9.W7.S1) and character.