John 4:49:5John.4.49.W5TAB
βασιλικός
basilikos
“royal official”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-li-KOS
- Extended
- bah-see-lee-KOHS
- IPA
- /ba.si.liˈkos/
Meaning by language
- English
- royal official
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-li-KOS
- sentence
LE-gei PROS au-TON ho ba-si-li-KOS KY-ri-e ka-TA-bê-thi PRIN a-po-tha-NEIN TO pai-DI-on mou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros auton {πρὸς αὐτὸν | pròs au-tòn} ‘to Him’ indicates direct address to Jesus and precedes the subject, which is then specified as ho basilikos {ὁ βασιλικός | ho ba-si-li-kós} ‘the royal official’, an adjectival form used substantivally to denote a man connected with royal administration.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — John 4:49
The royal official said to Him , “Lord, come down before my child dies.”
About this coordinate
John 4:49:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 4:49, so the Greek word βασιλικός (basilikos) 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.4.49.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.49.W5.S1) and character.