John 20:8:9John.20.8.W9TAB
ἐλθὼν
elthôn
“had come”
- Transliteration
- el-THÔN
- Extended
- ehl-THÔN
- IPA
- /el.ˈtʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- had come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
el-THÔN
- phraseyour reading level
TO-te OON ei-SÊL-then KAI ho AL-los ma-thê-TÊS ho el-THÔN PRÔ-tos eis to mnê-MEI-on
- sentence
TO-te OON ei-SÊL-then KAI ho AL-los ma-thê-TÊS ho el-THÔN PRÔ-tos eis to mnê-MEI-on KAI EI-den KAI e-PI-steu-sen
Exegesis
This noun phrase is further specified by the attributive participial phrase ho elthon protos {ὁ ἐλθὼν πρῶτος | ho el-thôn prô-tos} ‘the one who had come first’, where the article ho binds the participle elthon to the noun as a defining relative-like modifier, and protos adds the nuance of prior arrival.
In context — John 20:8
Then therefore the other disciple , who had come first to the tomb, also entered; and he saw and believed .
About this coordinate
John 20:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 20:8, so the Greek word ἐλθὼν (elthôn) 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.20.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.8.W9.S1) and character.