John 5:21:16John.5.21.W16TAB
ζῳοποιεῖ
dzôopoiei
“he makes alive”
- Transliteration
- dzô-o-poi-EI
- Extended
- dzôh-oh-poi-EI
- IPA
- /dzɔː.o.poi.ˈiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he makes alive
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
dzô-o-poi-EI
- sentence
HÔS-per GAR ho pa-TÊR e-GEI-rei TOUS ne-KROUS KAI dzô-o-poi-EI HOU-tôs KAI ho HY-OS HOUS THE-lei dzô-o-poi-EI
Exegesis
The first clause has ho pater {ὁ πατὴρ | ho patḗr} as its subject, governing two coordinated present tense verbs, egeirei {ἐγείρει | e-geí-rei} “raises” and zoopoiei {ζῳοποιεῖ | zō-o-poi-eî} “makes alive,” with tous nekrous {τοὺς νεκρούς | toús ne-kroús} “the dead” as the shared direct object. The present tense portrays the Father’s life-giving activity as characteristic and ongoing.
The relative clause hous thelei zoopoiei {οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖ | hoús thé-lei zō-o-poi-eî} follows directly, in which hous “whom” functions as the object of both thelei “He wills” and zoopoiei “He makes alive.” This structure places theological emphasis on the Son’s sovereign will as determinative for those to whom He grants life, while the parallelism between Father and Son underscores shared authority in resurrection and life-giving. In translation, preserving the “for just as … so also …” pattern and the repetition of “makes alive / gives life” reflects both the comparison and the unity of action.
In context — John 5:21
For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, so also the Son makes alive whomever He wills.
About this coordinate
John 5:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 5:21, so the Greek word ζῳοποιεῖ (dzôopoiei) 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.5.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.21.W16.S1) and character.