John 3:17:18John.3.17.W18TAB

ho

{the}

Transliteration
ho
Extended
ho
IPA
/ho/

Meaning by language

English
{the}

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ho

  2. sentence

    oo GAR a-PES-tei-len ho the-OS ton hy-ON eis ton KOS-mon HI-na KRI-nê ton KOS-mon al HI-na sô-THÊ ho KOS-mos di au-TOU

Exegesis

The aorist apesteilen {ἀπέστειλεν | apésteilen} carries the main assertion, with ho theos {ὁ θεός | ho theós} as subject and ton huion {τὸν υἱόν | tòn huión} as direct object.

The two hina clauses form a deliberate antithesis: hina krinē ton kosmon {ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον | hína krínē tòn kósmon} states the rejected purpose of judging the world, while allʼ hina sōthē ho kosmos {ἀλλʼ ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος | allʼ hína sōthē ho kósmos} supplies the true purpose, that the world might be saved.

Root and etymology

theostheta epsilon omicron sigma

God, deity

In contextJohn 3:17

For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but instead so that the world might be saved through Him.

About this coordinate

John 3:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 3:17, so the Greek word (ho) 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.3.17.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.17.W18.S1) and character.