John 5:46:8John.5.46.W8TAB
περὶ
peri
“about”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-RI
- IPA
- /pe.ˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- sentence
EI GAR e-pi-STEU-e-te Mô-y-SEI e-pi-STEU-e-te AN e-MOI pe-RI GAR e-MOO e-KEI-nos E-gra-psen
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri gar emou {περὶ γὰρ ἐμοῦ | pe-RI gar e-MOU} introduces the ground for the expected belief in Jesus, with the genitive emou specifying the content “concerning Me.”
Root and etymology
peripateōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–pi–alpha–tau–epsilon–omega
“to walk about, conduct oneself”
In context — John 5:46
For if you believed Moses , you would believe Me ; for that one wrote about Me.
About this coordinate
John 5:46:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 5:46, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) 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.5.46.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.5.46.W8.S1) and character.