John 21:11:12John.21.11.W12TAB
μεστὸν
meston
“full”
- Transliteration
- mes-TON
- Extended
- mes-TOHN
- IPA
- /mesˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- full
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
mes-TON
- clause
a-NE-bê OUN SI-môn PE-tros KAI HEIL-ky-sen TO DIK-ty-on EIS TÊN YÊN mes-TON ikh-THY-ōn me-GA-lōn he-ka-TON pen-TÊ-kon-ta tri-ÔN
- sentence
a-NE-bê OUN SI-môn PE-tros KAI HEIL-ky-sen TO DIK-ty-on EIS TÊN YÊN mes-TON ikh-THY-ōn me-GA-lōn he-ka-TON pen-TÊ-kon-ta tri-ÔN KAI to-SOU-tōn ON-tōn OUK e-SKHI-sthê TO DIK-ty-on
Exegesis
The description meston ichthyon megalōn {μεστὸν ἰχθύων μεγάλων | mes-tón ikh-thý-ōn me-gá-lōn} ‘full of large fish’ states the net’s condition, while the numeral clause hekaton pentekonta trion {ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα τριῶν | he-ka-tón pentḗ-kon-ta tri-ōn} preserves the exact count.
Root and etymology
mestosmu epsilon sigma tau omicron sigma
“full, filled”
In context — John 21:11
So Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to the land, full of large fish—one hundred fifty-three in all. Even with so many , the net was not torn .
About this coordinate
John 21:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 21:11, so the Greek word μεστὸν (meston) 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.21.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.21.11.W12.S1) and character.