John 6:10:4John.6.10.W4TAB
Ποιήσατε
poiêsate
“make”
- Transliteration
- poi-Ê-sa-te
- Extended
- poi-AY-sah-teh
- IPA
- /poiˈɛː.sa.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- make
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
poi-Ê-sa-te
- sentence
EI-pen ho ee-ay-SOOS poi-Ê-sa-te tous an-THRÔ-pous a-na-pe-SEIN ÊN de KHOR-tos po-LYS en tôi TO-poi a-NE-pe-san oun hoi AN-dres ton a-rith-MON hôs pen-ta-kis-KHÊ-li-oi
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the aorist imperative Poiēsate {Ποιήσατε | Poi-ḗ-sa-te} governs the accusative object tous anthropous {τοὺς ἀνθρώπους | toûs an-thrṓ-pous} and the complementary aorist infinitive anapesein {ἀναπεσεῖν | a-na-pe-seῖn}, forming a causative construction, “have the people recline,” which reflects standard meal posture in that culture.
In context — John 6:10
Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
About this coordinate
John 6:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 6:10, so the Greek word Ποιήσατε (poiêsate) 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.6.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.10.W4.S1) and character.