John 3:11:12John.3.11.W12TAB
μαρτυροῦμεν
martyroumen
“bear witness to”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-ROU-men
- Extended
- mahr-ty-ROU-mehn
- IPA
- /mar.tyˈruː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- bear witness to
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
mar-ty-ROU-men
- sentence
a-MÊN a-MÊN LE-gō soi HO-ti O OI-da-men la-LOU-men kai O he-ō-RA-ka-men mar-ty-ROU-men kai TÊN mar-ty-RI-an hê-MON ou lam-BA-ne-te
Exegesis
Within that clause, the syntax is deliberately parallel: ho oidamen laloumen {ὃ οἴδαμεν λαλοῦμεν | hó oídamen laloûmen} and ho heorakamen martyroumen {ὃ ἑωράκαμεν μαρτυροῦμεν | hó heōrákamen martyroûmen} place the relative pronoun ho {ὃ | hó} first, foregrounding the object of knowledge and sight before the verbs of speaking and testifying.
The perfect forms oidamen {οἴδαμεν | oídamen} and heorakamen {ἑωράκαμεν | heōrákamen} present knowledge and seeing as completed realities with continuing force, while the present forms laloumen {λαλοῦμεν | laloûmen} and martyroumen {μαρτυροῦμεν | martyroûmen} depict ongoing proclamation.
In context — John 3:11
Truly, truly , I say to you that what we know we speak, and what we have seen we bear witness to, and you do not receive our testimony.
About this coordinate
John 3:11:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 3:11, so the Greek word μαρτυροῦμεν (martyroumen) 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.3.11.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.11.W12.S1) and character.