John 20:12:16John.20.12.W16TAB
ποσίν,
posin
“feet”
- Transliteration
- po-SIN
- Extended
- poh-SIN
- IPA
- /poˈsin/
Meaning by language
- English
- feet
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
po-SIN
- phraseyour reading level
HE-na PROS TÊI ke-pha-LÊI KAI HE-na PROS TOIS po-SIN
- sentence
KAI the-o-REI DY-o an-GE-loos en leu-KOIS ka-the-zO-ME-noos HE-na PROS TÊI ke-pha-LÊI KAI HE-na PROS TOIS po-SIN HO-pou E-kei-to TO SÔ-ma TOU ee-ay-SOOS
Exegesis
hena {ἕνα ... ἕνα | hé-na ... hé-na} emphasizes symmetry, and the paired pros phrases, pros tēi kephale {πρὸς τῇ κεφαλῇ | prós tēi ke-pha-lē̂} and pros tois posin {πρὸς τοῖς ποσίν | prós tois po-sín}, frame the tomb’s boundary at the head and feet.
In context — John 20:12
And she observed two angels dressed in white, seated, one beside the head and one beside the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.
About this coordinate
John 20:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 20:12, so the Greek word ποσίν, (posin) 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.20.12.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.12.W16.S1) and character.