John 4:42:22John.4.42.W22TAB
σωτὴρ
sôtêr
“Savior”
- Transliteration
- sô-TÊR
- Extended
- sô-TÊR
- IPA
- /sɔːˈtɛːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Savior
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
- word
sô-TÊR
- sentence
TÊI te gy-nai-KI E-le-gon HO-ti ou-KE-ti di-A TÊN SÊN la-li-AN pis-TEU-o-men au-TOI GAR a-kê-KO-a-men KAI OI-da-men HO-ti ou-TOS es-tin a-lê-THÔS ho sô-TÊR tou KOS-mou
Exegesis
A second hoti introduces the climactic confession clause: hoti houtos estin alēthōs ho sōtēr tou kosmou {ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ σωτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου | hó-ti hoú-tos é-stin a-lē-thôs ho sō-tēr toû kós-mou}. Here, houtos “this one” functions deictically, referring to Jesus just encountered, while alēthōs “truly” intensifies the predicate nominative ho sōtēr “the Savior,” with the genitive tou kosmou “of the world” extending His saving role universally. In translation, the two hoti clauses are rendered as “that” statements to maintain transparency, while the demonstrative “this one” is clarified by using “He” in English, thereby making explicit that their confession concerns Jesus as the universal Savior.
Root and etymology
sōzōsigma–omega–iota–zeta–omega
“to save, rescue, deliver”
In context — John 4:42
And they were saying to the woman, “No longer do we believe because of your speech , for we ourselves have heard and we know that He is truly the Savior of the world.”
About this coordinate
John 4:42:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of John 4:42, so the Greek word σωτὴρ (sôtêr) 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.4.42.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.42.W22.S1) and character.