John 21:8:16John.21.8.W16TAB

ὡς

hôs

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Transliteration
hôs
Extended
hôhs
IPA
/hɔːs/

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Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    hôs

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ou gar Ê-san ma-KRAN a-PO tês YÊS al-LA hôs a-PO pê-KHÔN di-a-ko-SI-ôn

  3. sentence

    hoi de AL-loi ma-thê-TAI tôi ploi-a-RI-ôi ÊL-thon ou gar Ê-san ma-KRAN a-PO tês YÊS al-LA hôs a-PO pê-KHÔN di-a-ko-SI-ôn SY-ron-tes to DIK-ty-on tôn ikh-THY-ôn

Exegesis

The adversative and approximation in alla hōs apo pēchōn diakosiōn {ἀλλὰ ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων | állà hō̂s apò pḗ-khōn di-a-ko-sí-ōn} refines the distance to about two hundred cubits.

In contextJohn 21:8

But the other disciples came in the little boat , for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits away, dragging the net of fish .

About this coordinate

John 21:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 21:8, so the Greek word ὡς (hôs) 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.21.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.21.8.W16.S1) and character.