John 4:25:12John.4.25.W12TAB
ὅταν
hotan
“when”
- Transliteration
- HO-tan
- Extended
- HOH-tahn
- IPA
- /ˈho.tan/
Meaning by language
- English
- when
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HO-tan
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOI hê gy-NÊ OI-da HO-ti me-SI-as ER-khe-tai ho le-GO-me-nos khree-STOS HO-tan EL-thêi e-KEI-nos a-nang-ge-LEI hê-MIN HA-pan-ta
Exegesis
The temporal clause hotan elthē ekeinos {ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος | ho-tan el-thē e-kei-nos} uses hotan with the aorist subjunctive to mark a future, but not precisely timed, event, and the demonstrative ekeinos adds emphasis to “that One.”
In context — John 4:25
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming—the One called Christ . When He comes, that One will tell us all things.”
About this coordinate
John 4:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 4:25, so the Greek word ὅταν (hotan) 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.4.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.25.W12.S1) and character.