John 4:12:13John.4.12.W13TAB
φρέαρ
phrear
“well”
- Transliteration
- PHRE-ar
- Extended
- PHRE-ar
- IPA
- /ˈpʰre.ar/
Meaning by language
- English
- well
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
- word
PHRE-ar
- sentence
MÊ SY MEI-dzōn EI tou pa-TROS hê-MON ia-KŌB HOS E-dŌ-ken hê-MIN to PHRE-ar KAI au-TOS eks au-TOU E-pi-en KAI hoi hyi-OI au-TOU KAI ta THREM-ma-ta au-TOU
Exegesis
The relative clause hos edoken hemin to phrear {ὃς ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν τὸ φρέαρ | hòs édōken hēmîn tò phréar} further defines Jacob by his benefaction of having “given us the well,” with the dative hemin marking the beneficiaries.
Root and etymology
phrearphi–rho–epsilon–alpha–rho
“well, pit, cistern”
In context — John 4:12
Are you greater than our father Jacob , who gave us the well , and he himself drank from it, as did his sons and his livestock?
About this coordinate
John 4:12:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 4:12, so the Greek word φρέαρ (phrear) 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.4.12.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.12.W13.S1) and character.