John 5:39:16John.5.39.W16TAB
μαρτυροῦσαι
martyrousai
“witnesses”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-ROU-sai
- Extended
- mahr-ty-ROU-sai
- IPA
- /mar.ty.ˈruː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- witnesses
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
mar-ty-ROU-sai
- sentence
e-rau-NA-te TAS gra-PHAS HO-ti hy-MEIS do-KEI-te en au-TAIS dzô-ÊN ai-Ō-ni-on E-khein KAI e-kei-NAI ei-sin hai mar-ty-ROU-sai pe-RI e-MOU
Exegesis
The second main clause is coordinated with kai {καὶ | kai}, shifting the focus: ekeinai eisin hai martyrousai {ἐκεῖναι εἰσίν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι | e-keî-nai ei-sín haí mar-tu-roû-sai} is a copular construction in which the demonstrative ekeinai is identified with the articular participle phrase “the ones bearing witness.” The participle martyrousai, feminine plural, grammatically ties back to graphas as its implied antecedent.
Root and etymology
martyreōmu–alpha–rho–tau–upsilon–rho–epsilon–omega
“to bear witness, testify”
In context — John 5:39
Search the Scriptures , because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are the ones that testify about Me .
About this coordinate
John 5:39:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 5:39, so the Greek word μαρτυροῦσαι (martyrousai) 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.5.39.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.39.W16.S1) and character.