John 5:21:4John.5.21.W4TAB
πατὴρ
patêr
“Father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TÊR
- Extended
- pah-TÊR
- IPA
- /paˈtɛːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- Father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-TÊR
- 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.
Root and etymology
patērpi–alpha–tau–eta–rho
“father, progenitor”
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 5:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 5:21, so the Greek word πατὴρ (patêr) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.21.W4.S1) and character.