John 21:8:19John.21.8.W19TAB
διακοσίων,
diakosiôn
“two hundred”
- Transliteration
- di-a-ko-SI-ôn
- Extended
- di-ah-ko-SI-ôhn
- IPA
- /di.a.koˈsi.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- two hundred
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-a-ko-SI-ôn
- 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
- 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 context — John 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 21:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of John 21:8, so the Greek word διακοσίων, (diakosiôn) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (John.21.8.W19.S1) and character.