John 4:25:7John.4.25.W7TAB
Μεσσίας
mesias
“Messiah”
- Transliteration
- me-SI-as
- Extended
- meh-SI-ahs
- IPA
- /meˈsi.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- Messiah
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-SI-as
- 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 declarative clause Oida hoti {Οἶδα ὅτι | Oi-da ho-ti} introduces what the woman knows, with Messias {Μεσσίας | Mes-si-as} as the subject of the verb erchetai {ἔρχεται | ér-khe-tai}, expressing an imminent expectation of the Messiah’s coming.
Root and etymology
mashiachmem–shin–yod–chet
“anointed 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 4:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 4:25, so the Greek word Μεσσίας (mesias) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.25.W7.S1) and character.