John 4:6:18John.4.6.W18TAB
πηγῇ
pêgêi
“well”
- Transliteration
- pê-GÊI
- Extended
- pê-GÊI
- IPA
- /pɛːˈgɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- well
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pê-GÊI
- sentence
ÊN DE e-KEI pê-GÊ TOU i-a-KÔB HO OUN ee-ay-SOOS ke-ko-pi-a-KÔS EK TÊS ho-doi-po-RI-as e-ka-THE-dze-to HOU-tôs e-PI TÊI pê-GÊI HÔ-ra ÊN HÔS HEK-tê
Exegesis
The verse opens with the clause ēn de ekei pēgē tou Iakōb {ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ πηγὴ τοῦ Ἰακώβ | ên dè ekeî pēgḗ tou Iakṓb} ‘there was a well of Jacob there’, where the imperfect ēn presents a descriptive past and the fronted adverb ekei emphasizes the location. The genitive tou Iakōb marks possession, rooting the scene in Israel’s patriarchal heritage.
The adverb houtōs {οὕτως | hoútōs} ‘thus, in this way’ and the prepositional phrase epi tē pēgē {ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ | epí tē pēgē̂} ‘on/by the well’ specify the manner and exact location of His sitting, drawing attention to His deliberate nearness to the water source, which prepares for the ensuing conversation about living water.
Root and etymology
pēg-pi–eta–gamma
“spring, source”
In context — John 4:6
Now a well of Jacob was there; so Jesus , having become weary from the journey , was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
About this coordinate
John 4:6:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 4:6, so the Greek word πηγῇ (pêgêi) 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.4.6.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.6.W18.S1) and character.