John 4:47:20John.4.47.W20TAB
ἰάσηται
iasêtai
“heal”
- Transliteration
- i-A-sê-tai
- Extended
- i-AH-sê-tai
- IPA
- /iˈa.sɛː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- heal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
i-A-sê-tai
- sentence
HOU-tos a-KOU-sas HO-ti ee-ay-SOOS HÊ-kei ek TÊS i-ou-DAI-as eis TÊN ga-li-LAI-an a-PÊL-then PROS au-TON KAI Ê-RÔ-ta HI-na ka-ta-BÊ KAI i-A-sê-tai au-TOU TON hy-ON Ê-mel-len GAR a-po-THNÊI-skein
Exegesis
This petition is expressed in a hina-clause of purpose, hina {ἵνα | hí-na} introducing the coordinated subjunctives katabē {καταβῇ | ka-ta-bē} ‘he might come down’ and iasētai {ἰάσηται | i-á-sē-tai} ‘he might heal’, both dependent on the man’s repeated asking and specifying what he wanted Jesus to do.
Root and etymology
iaomaiiota–alpha–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to heal, cure”
In context — John 4:47
When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and kept asking that He would come down and heal his son, for he was about to die .
About this coordinate
John 4:47:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of John 4:47, so the Greek word ἰάσηται (iasêtai) 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.4.47.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.47.W20.S1) and character.