John 21:24:4John.21.24.W4TAB
μαθητὴς
mathêtês
“disciple”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TÊS
- Extended
- mah-thê-TÊS
- IPA
- /ma.tʰeːˈteːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciple
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TÊS
- phraseyour reading level
hou-TOS ES-tin ho ma-thê-TÊS ho mar-ty-RÔN pe-RI TOU-tōn KAI ho GRA-psas TAU-ta
- sentence
hou-TOS ES-tin ho ma-thê-TÊS ho mar-ty-RÔN pe-RI TOU-tōn KAI ho GRA-psas TAU-ta KAI OI-da-men ho-ti a-lê-THÊS au-TOU hê mar-ty-RI-a es-TIN
Exegesis
The repeated article ho {ὁ | ho} with mathetes {μαθητής | ma-thē-tḗs} ‘disciple’ and the participial descriptions ho martyron {ὁ μαρτυρῶν | ho mar-tu-rṓn} ‘the one bearing witness’ and ho grapsas {ὁ γράψας | ho gráp-sas} ‘the one who wrote’ creates a tightly bound appositional chain: the same figure is identified by role, action, and authorship.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu alpha nu theta alpha nu omega
“to learn, to acquire knowledge”
In context — John 21:24
This is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things and who wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
About this coordinate
John 21:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 21:24, so the Greek word μαθητὴς (mathêtês) 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.21.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.21.24.W4.S1) and character.