John 4:39:2John.4.39.W2TAB

δὲ

de

{and}

Transliteration
de
Extended
deh
IPA
/de/

Meaning by language

English
{and}

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    de

  2. 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

deidelta–epsilon–iota

it is necessary, it is binding

In contextJohn 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 4:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 4:39, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.39.W2.S1) and character.