John 3:19:7John.3.19.W7TAB
τὸ
to
“{the}”
- Transliteration
- to
- Extended
- toh
- IPA
- /to/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the}
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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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 clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘that’ supplies the substance of the judgment: to phōs elēlythen eis ton kosmon {τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον | tó phōs elḗlythen eis tón kósmon} ‘the light has come into the world.’ The perfect form elēlythen presents the coming of the light as a completed event whose effects continue in the present, so the world remains under the force of that arrival.
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.
Root and etymology
skot-sigma kappa omicron tau
“darkness, gloom”
In context — John 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 3:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 3:19, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.19.W7.S1) and character.