John 20:2:28John.20.2.W28TAB
οἴδαμεν
oidamen
“we know”
- Transliteration
- OI-da-men
- Extended
- OI-da-men
- IPA
- /ˈoi.da.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we know
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
OI-da-men
- phraseyour reading level
KAI OOK OI-da-men POO E-thê-kan au-TON
- clause
Ê-ran TON KY-ri-on ek TOO mnê-MEI-ou KAI OOK OI-da-men POO E-thê-kan au-TON
- sentence
TRE-khei OON KAI ER-khe-tai PROS SI-mo-na PE-tron KAI PROS TON AL-lon ma-thê-TÊN HON e-PHI-lei ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI LE-gei au-TOIS Ê-ran TON KY-ri-on ek TOO mnê-MEI-ou KAI OOK OI-da-men POO E-thê-kan au-TON
Exegesis
The coordinating kai joins this with the negative clause ouk oidamen pou ethekan auton {οὐκ οἴδαμεν ποῦ ἔθηκαν αὐτόν | ouk oí-da-men poû é-the-kan au-tón}, where the perfect oidamen “we know” with negation expresses a settled lack of knowledge, and the interrogative adverb pou introduces the indirect question “where they laid him.” The third person plural subjects of Eran and ethekan remain implicit, reflecting Mary’s focus on the fact of removal rather than the agents. In translation, the historical presents are slightly varied (present in the formal reconstruction, more typical past in the dynamic) to remain natural in English while preserving narrative vividness, and the relative clause is kept closely attached to “the other disciple” to reflect the Greek structure.
Root and etymology
eidepsilon–iota–delta
“to see, know”
In context — John 20:2
So she runs and comes to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and she says to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”
About this coordinate
John 20:2:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of John 20:2, so the Greek word οἴδαμεν (oidamen) 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.20.2.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.2.W28.S1) and character.