John 3:16:17John.3.16.W17TAB
πιστεύων
pisteuôn
“believing”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEU-ôn
- Extended
- pih-STEU-ôhn
- IPA
- /pis.ˈteu.ɔn/
Meaning by language
- English
- believing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pi-STEU-ôn
- sentence
HOU-tôs GAR ê-GA-pê-sen ho the-OS TON KOS-mon HÔ-ste TON hy-ON TON mo-no-ge-NÊ E-dô-ken HI-na PÂS ho pi-STEU-ôn eis au-TON MÊ a-PO-lê-tai al-LA E-khê dzō-ÊN ai-Ô-ni-on
Exegesis
Hina {ἵνα | hína} ‘so that’ moves the verse from action to purpose, and pas ho pisteuon {πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων | pâs ho pisteúōn} ‘everyone who is believing’ uses a substantival participle to describe ongoing, characteristic faith rather than a momentary event.
Root and etymology
pistispi iota sigma tau iota sigma
“faith, trust”
In context — John 3:16
For God loved the world in this way: He gave His only Son , so that everyone who believes in Him may not be lost but may have eternal life.
About this coordinate
John 3:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 3:16, so the Greek word πιστεύων (pisteuôn) 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.3.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.16.W17.S1) and character.