John 6:21:10John.6.21.W10TAB
ἐγένετο
egheneto
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈgɛ.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GHE-ne-to
- sentence
Ê-the-lon OUN la-BEIN au-TON eis to PLOI-on kai eu-THE-ôs e-GHE-ne-to to PLOI-on e-PI tês gês eis hên hy-PEE-gon
Exegesis
The verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} functions intransitively, followed by a nominative subject to ploion {τὸ πλοῖον | tó ploî-on}, yielding the idiom ‘the boat came to be upon the land.’
In context — John 6:21
Therefore they were willing to receive Him into the boat , and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.
About this coordinate
John 6:21:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 6:21, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egheneto) 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.6.21.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.21.W10.S1) and character.