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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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pê-GÊ
- 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 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 4:14:27 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.