John 20:2:4John.20.2.W4TAB
ἔρχεται
erkhetai
“she comes”
- Transliteration
- ER-khe-tai
- Extended
- ER-khe-tai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰe.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- she comes
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-khe-tai
- phraseyour reading level
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
- clause
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
- 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 verse begins with two present-tense verbs, trechei {τρέχει | tré-khei} “she runs” and erchetai {ἔρχεται | ér-khe-tai} “she comes,” functioning as historical presents that create vivid, ongoing action.
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to come, go”
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 20:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 20:2, so the Greek word ἔρχεται (erkhetai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.2.W4.S1) and character.