John 5:35:4John.5.35.W4TAB
λύχνος
lykhnos
“lamp”
- Transliteration
- LYKH-nos
- Extended
- LYKH-nos
- IPA
- /ˈlykʰ.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- lamp
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LYKH-nos
- sentence
e-KEI-nos ÊN o LYKH-nos o kai-O-me-nos kai PHAI-nōn hy-MEIS de ê-the-LÊ-sa-te a-gal-li-as-THÊ-nai pros HŌ-ran en tōi phō-TI au-TOU
Exegesis
The imperfect verb ēn {ἦν | ēn} ‘was’ introduces a descriptive clause whose predicate nominative lychnos {λύχνος | lýkh-nos} ‘lamp’ is further qualified by two nominative participles, kaiomenos {καιόμενος | kai-ó-me-nos} ‘burning’ and phainōn {φαίνων | phaí-nōn} ‘shining’. This stacking of participles portrays an ongoing, active ministry: John as a lamp that both consumes itself and gives light.
Root and etymology
lych-lambda–upsilon–chi
“lamp, portable light source”
In context — John 5:35
That one was the lamp that was burning and shining, but you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light .
About this coordinate
John 5:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 5:35, so the Greek word λύχνος (lykhnos) 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.5.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.35.W4.S1) and character.