John 20:25:24John.20.25.W24TAB

ἥλων

hêlōn

nails

Transliteration
HÊ-lōn
Extended
HÊ-lōn
IPA
/ˈheː.lɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
nails

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Result
ἥ + λων
hê + lōn
hêlōn

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    HÊ-lōn

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-AN MÊ I-dô en TAIS kher-SIN au-TOU TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō TON DAK-ty-lON mou eis TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō mou TÊN KHEI-ra eis TÊN pleu-RAN au-TOU

  3. clause

    e-AN MÊ I-dô en TAIS kher-SIN au-TOU TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō TON DAK-ty-lON mou eis TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō mou TÊN KHEI-ra eis TÊN pleu-RAN au-TOU OU MÊ pi-steu-SÔ

  4. sentence

    ho DE EI-pen au-TOIS e-AN MÊ I-dô en TAIS kher-SIN au-TOU TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō TON DAK-ty-lON mou eis TON TY-pon TÔN HÊ-lōn kai BA-lō mou TÊN KHEI-ra eis TÊN pleu-RAN au-TOU OU MÊ pi-steu-SÔ

Exegesis

eis tēn pleuran autou {ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ... εἰς τὸν τύπον τῶν ἥλων... εἰς τὴν πλευρὰν αὐτοῦ | en taîs kher-sìn au-toû... eis tón tú-pon tôn hḗ-lōn... eis tḕn pleu-rán au-toû} narrows the focus from seeing to touching and from the hands to the side, so the issue becomes physical verification of the crucifixion wounds.

Root and etymology

hēloseta lambda omicron sigma

nail, spike

In contextJohn 20:25

Therefore the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord .” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the nail imprint, and put my finger into that trace, and put my hand into His side , I will by no means believe.”

About this coordinate

John 20:25:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of John 20:25, so the Greek word ἥλων (hêlōn) 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.20.25.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.25.W24.S1) and character.