John 4:14:18John.4.14.W18TAB
ἀλλὰ
alla
“but”
- Transliteration
- al-LA
- Extended
- ahl-LAH
- IPA
- /alˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
al-LA
- sentence
HOS d AN PEE-êi ek TOU HY-da-tos HOU e-GO DO-so au-TOI ou MÊ di-PSÊ-sei eis TON ai-Ô-na al-LA TO HY-dôr HO DO-so au-TOI ge-NÊ-se-tai en au-TOI pê-GÊ HY-da-tos hal-lo-ME-nou eis dzô-ÊN ai-Ô-nee-on
Exegesis
The adversative conjunction alla {ἀλλὰ | al-là} introduces a contrasting but parallel clause, where the demonstrative pronoun ho {ὃ | hò} resumes the object τὸ ὕδωρ as subject for the verb genēsetai {γενήσεται | ge-nḗ-se-tai}, “will become.”
In context — John 4:14
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will absolutely never thirst for all time, but the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water leaping up into eternal life .
About this coordinate
John 4:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 4:14, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.4.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.14.W18.S1) and character.