John 4:14:27John.4.14.W27TAB

πηγὴ

pêgê

spring of

Transliteration
pê-GÊ
Extended
pêê-GEH
IPA
/peːˈgɛː/

Meaning by language

English
spring of

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Result
πη + γὴ
pê + gê
pêgê

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Etai — as in machine
Gammagh — guttural
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    pê-GÊ

  2. 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 predicate nominative construction pēgē hydatos hallomenou {πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου | pē-gḗ hý-da-tos hal-lo-mé-nou} creates a compact image of “a spring of water leaping,” with the present middle participle depicting continual energetic motion.

Root and etymology

pegpi–eta–gamma

spring, source

In contextJohn 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 4:14:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of John 4:14, so the Greek word πηγὴ (pêgê) 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.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.14.W27.S1) and character.