John 5:36:16John.5.36.W16TAB
πατὴρ
patêr
“Father”
- Transliteration
- PA-TÊR
- Extended
- PA-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
- phraseyour reading level
TA GAR ER-ga HA de-dō-KEN moi ho PA-TÊR HI-na te-lei-Ō-sō au-TA
- sentence
e-GO de E-kho TÊN mar-ty-RI-an MEI-dzō TOU i-o-AN-nou TA GAR ER-ga HA de-dō-KEN moi ho PA-TÊR HI-na te-lei-Ō-sō au-TA au-TA TA ER-ga HA poi-Ō mar-ty-REI pe-RI e-MOU HO-ti ho PA-TÊR me a-PES-tal-KEN
Exegesis
The explanatory clause introduced by gar {γὰρ | gàr} grounds this claim: ta erga ha dedōken moi ho patēr {τὰ ἔργα ἃ δέδωκέν μοι ὁ πατὴρ | tà érga há dédōken moi ho patḗr} presents “the works” as a defined set, further characterized by the relative clause “which the Father has given to Me.”
Finally, the hoti {ὅτι | hóti} clause, hoti ho patēr me apestalken {ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ με ἀπέσταλκεν | hóti ho patḗr me apéstalken}, gives the content of that testimony: the perfect apestalken presents the Father’s sending as a completed act with abiding results. In translation, these nested relative and purpose clauses are rendered with dashes and clear subordination in English to preserve both the logical flow and the climactic focus on the Father’s commissioning of the Son.
Root and etymology
paterpi–alpha–tau–epsilon–rho
“father, progenitor”
In context — John 5:36
But I have testimony greater than John’s, for the works that the Father has given Me to complete—these very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me.
About this coordinate
John 5:36:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 5:36, 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.5.36.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.36.W16.S1) and character.