John 4:39:1John.4.39.W1TAB
Ἐκ
ek
“from”
- Transliteration
- ek
- Extended
- ehk
- IPA
- /ek/
Meaning by language
- English
- from
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite |
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Word in context
- word
ek
- sentence
ek de tês PO-le-os e-KEI-nēs pol-LOI e-PI-steu-san eis au-TON tôn sa-ma-ri-TÔN di-A ton LO-gon tês gy-nai-KOS mar-ty-ROU-sēs HO-ti ei-PEN moi PAN-ta HA e-POI-Ê-sa
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ek de tēs poleōs ekeinēs {Ἐκ δὲ τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης | Ek dè tēs pó-le-ōs e-keí-nēs} ‘from that city,’ which links this statement to the preceding narrative and locates the group in the same setting as the woman.
Root and etymology
apokrinōalpha–pi–omicron–kappa–rho–iota–nu–omega
“to separate, decide, answer”
In context — John 4:39
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who was bearing witness, “He told me all that I did.”
About this coordinate
John 4:39:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:39, so the Greek word Ἐκ (ek) 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.4.39.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.39.W1.S1) and character.