John 20:29:5John.20.29.W5TAB
Ὅτι
hoti
“because”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HOH-ti
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
HO-ti
- clause
HO-ti he-ô-ra-KAS me pe-PI-steu-kas ma-KA-ri-oi hoi MÊ i-DON-tes KAI pi-STEU-san-tes
- sentence
LE-gei au-TO ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti he-ô-ra-KAS me pe-PI-steu-kas ma-KA-ri-oi hoi MÊ i-DON-tes KAI pi-STEU-san-tes
Exegesis
Hóti {Ὅτι | Hó-ti} is best read causally in context, because the statement explains the ground of Thomas’s faith rather than merely introducing quoted content.
Root and etymology
skotossigma–kappa–omicron–tau–omicron–sigma
“darkness, gloom”
In context — John 20:29
Jesus says to him, “Since you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who did not see and yet believed.”
About this coordinate
John 20:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 20:29, so the Greek word Ὅτι (hoti) 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.20.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.29.W5.S1) and character.