John 3:19:17John.3.19.W17TAB

μᾶλλον

mallon

rather

Transliteration
MAL-lon
Extended
MAH-lohn
IPA
/ˈmal.lon/

Meaning by language

English
rather

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Result
μᾶλ + λον
mal + lon
mallon

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Lambdal — as in law
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    MAL-lon

  2. sentence

    HAU-tê DE es-TIN hê KRI-sis HO-ti to PHÔS e-LÊ-ly-then eis ton KOS-mon KAI ê-GA-pê-san hoi AN-thrô-poi MAL-lon to SKO-tos Ê to PHÔS ÊN GAR au-TÔN po-nê-RA ta ER-ga

Exegesis

The next clause kai ēgapēsan hoi anthrōpoi mallon to skotos ē to phōs {καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς | kai ēgápēsan hoi ánthrōpoi mâllon tó skotos ē tó phōs} sets up a stark comparison with mallon...ē {μᾶλλον...ἢ | mâllon...ē}, showing a moral preference that runs against the light just mentioned.

In contextJohn 3:19

This, then, is the judgment : the light has arrived in the world, and humans loved the darkness in preference to the light, for their deeds were evil.

About this coordinate

John 3:19:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 3:19, so the Greek word μᾶλλον (mallon) 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.3.19.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.19.W17.S1) and character.