John 5:1:4John.5.1.W4TAB
ἑορτὴ
heortê
“a feast of”
- Transliteration
- he-or-TÊ
- Extended
- heh-or-TÊ
- IPA
- /he.orˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a feast of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
he-or-TÊ
- sentence
me-TA TAU-ta ÊN he-or-TÊ TÔN i-ou-DAI-ôn KAI a-NE-bÊ ee-ay-SOOS eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
Exegesis
The subject of this verb is the nominative heorte {ἑορτὴ | he-or-tḗ} ‘feast’, further defined by the genitive phrase tōn Ioudaiōn {τῶν Ἰουδαίων | tōn Iou-daí-ōn} ‘of the Jews’, which specifies its communal and religious character.
Root and etymology
heorteta–omicron–rho–tau
“feast, festival”
In context — John 5:1
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
John 5:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 5:1, so the Greek word ἑορτὴ (heortê) 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.5.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.1.W4.S1) and character.