John 4:10:2John.4.10.W2TAB
Ἰησοῦς
Eeaysoos
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOOS
- Academic
- Iēsous
- Extended
- ee-ay-SOOS
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TÊ ei ÊI-deis TÊN dô-re-AN tou the-OU KAI TIS ES-tin HO LE-GÔN SOI DOS MOI PEIN SY AN ÊI-tê-sas au-TON KAI E-dô-ken AN SOI HY-DÔR DZÔN
Exegesis
The clause begins with the typical Johannine dialogue sequence apekrithe Iesous kai eipen {ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν | a-pe-krí-thē Iē-soûs kaí eî-pen}, where the aorist verbs 'answered' and 'said' together introduce Jesus’ reply with solemn weight.
Root and etymology
Yeshuayod–shin–vav–ayin
“Yahweh saves”
In context — John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God , and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
About this coordinate
John 4:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 4:10, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.4.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.10.W2.S1) and character.