John 20:15:8John.20.15.W8TAB
ζητεῖς;
zêteis
“are you seeking”
- Transliteration
- zê-TEIS
- Extended
- zê-TEIS
- IPA
- /zeːˈteːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- are you seeking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zê-TEIS
- sentence
TI-na zê-TEIS
Exegesis
and tina zeteis {τίνα ζητεῖς | tí-na zē-teîs} ‘whom are you seeking?’ form a balanced interrogation: the first probes grief, the second probes the search motif.
The conditional clause ei sy ebastasas auton {εἰ σὺ ἐβάστασας αὐτόν | ei sý e-bás-ta-sas au-tón} ‘if you carried him’ introduces a hypothetical, followed by the imperative eipe moi {εἰπέ μοι | ei-pé moi} ‘tell me’ and the interrogative pou ethēkas auton {ποῦ ἔθηκας αὐτόν | poû é-thē-kas au-tón} ‘where you laid him’, which preserve urgency.
Root and etymology
zēteōzeta eta tau epsilon omega
“to seek, search for”
In context — John 20:15
Jesus says to her, “Woman, why are you weeping ? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing that He was the gardener, says to Him, “Sir, if you carried Him away, tell me where you laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
About this coordinate
John 20:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 20:15, so the Greek word ζητεῖς; (zêteis) 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.20.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.15.W8.S1) and character.