John 4:20:19John.4.20.W19TAB
προσκυνεῖν
proskynein
“to worship”
- Transliteration
- pros-ky-NEIN
- Extended
- prohs-ky-NEIN
- IPA
- /pros.ky.ˈneːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to worship
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pros-ky-NEIN
- 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 infinitive προσκυνεῖν {προσκυνεῖν | proskyneîn} “to worship” is governed by the impersonal verb δεῖ {δεῖ | deî} “it is necessary,” forming a construction of obligation: “where it is necessary to worship.” In translation, the shift from Greek predicate order “in Jerusalem is the place” to English “Jerusalem is the place” preserves natural subject–verb–complement order while maintaining the contrast between locations and the sense of binding necessity conveyed by δεῖ.
Root and etymology
proskyneōpi–rho–omicron–sigma–kappa–upsilon–nu–epsilon–omega
“to bow down, pay homage, 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 4:20:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of John 4:20, so the Greek word προσκυνεῖν (proskynein) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.20.W19.S1) and character.