John 5:12:3John.5.12.W3TAB
αὐτόν
auton
“him”
- Transliteration
- au-TON
- Extended
- auh-TOHN
- IPA
- /auˈton/
Meaning by language
- English
- him
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
au-TON
- sentence
ê-RÔ-tê-san OUN au-TON TIS es-TIN ho AN-thrô-pos ho ei-PÔN soi A-ron KAI pe-ri-PA-tei
Exegesis
The direct object pronoun auton {αὐτόν | au-tón} immediately follows, a common Johannine pattern that keeps the focus on the healed man as the one being interrogated.
In context — John 5:12
So they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up and walk ’?”
About this coordinate
John 5:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 5:12, so the Greek word αὐτόν (auton) 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.5.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.12.W3.S1) and character.