John 4:20:18John.4.20.W18TAB
ὅπου
hopou
“where”
- Transliteration
- HO-pou
- Extended
- HOH-pou
- IPA
- /ˈho.puː/
Meaning by language
- English
- where
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HO-pou
- 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 predicate nominative structure ἐστὶν ὁ τόπος places focus on “the place,” and the relative adverb ὅπου {ὅπου | hópou} “where” introduces a relative clause specifying that place as the location to worship.
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 4:20:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 4:20, so the Greek word ὅπου (hopou) 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.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.20.W18.S1) and character.