John 4:20:17John.4.20.W17TAB
τόπος
topos
“place”
- Transliteration
- TO-pos
- Extended
- TOH-pos
- IPA
- /ˈto.pos/
Meaning by language
- English
- place
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TO-pos
- sentence
hoi PA-te-res hê-MON en tôi O-rei TOU-toi pro-se-KY-nê-san KAI hy-MEIS LE-ge-te HO-ti en hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois es-TIN ho TO-pos HO-pou pros-ky-NEIN DEI
Exegesis
The ὅτι {ὅτι | hóti} clause functions as the content of what “you say”: ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος {ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος | en Hierosolúmois estín ho tópos} “in Jerusalem is the place.”
Root and etymology
topostau–omicron–pi–omicron–sigma
“place, location, region”
In context — John 4:20
Our fathers worshipped on this mountain , and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.
About this coordinate
John 4:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 4:20, so the Greek word τόπος (topos) 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.4.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.20.W17.S1) and character.