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

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Result
πι + στε + ύων
pi + steu + ôn
pisteuôn

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    pi-STEU-ôn

  2. 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 contextJohn 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.