John 21:11:4John.21.11.W4TAB
Πέτρος
petros
“Peter”
- Transliteration
- PE-tros
- Extended
- PEH-trohs
- IPA
- /ˈpe.tros/
Meaning by language
- English
- Peter
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PE-tros
- 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 first aorist verb anebē {ἀνέβη | a-né-bē} ‘went up’ introduces simon petros {Σίμων Πέτρος | Sí-mōn Pé-tros} as the subject, with the coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ connecting to heilkusen {εἵλκυσεν | heíl-ky-sen} ‘dragged,’ forming a sequence of completed actions.
Root and etymology
petrape-tra
“rock, stone”
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 21:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 21:11, so the Greek word Πέτρος (petros) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.21.11.W4.S1) and character.