John 6:22:17John.6.22.W17TAB
εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- ei
- Extended
- ei
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TÊI e-PAU-ri-on ho OKH-los ho he-stê-KÔS PE-ran tês tha-LAS-sês EI-don HO-ti ploi-A-ri-on AL-lo ouk ÊN e-KEI ei MÊ HEN kai HO-ti ou sy-nei-SÊL-then tois ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU ho ee-ay-SOOS eis to PLOI-on al-LA MO-noi hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU a-PÊL-thon
Exegesis
The main verb eidon {εἶδον | eî-don} ‘they saw’ takes two ὅτι-clauses as its objects in a coordinated structure: eidon hoti ploiarion allo ouk ēn ekei ei mē hen, kai hoti ou syneisēlthen tois mathētais autou ho Iēsous eis to ploion {εἶδον ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ εἰ μὴ ἕν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ συνεισῆλθεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον | eî-don hó-ti plo-iá-ri-on ál-lo ouk ēn e-keî ei mē hen, kai hó-ti ou sy-nei-sêl-then tois ma-thē-taîs au-toû ho Iē-soûs eis to plôi-on}. The first ὅτι-clause reports the objective situation regarding the boats: no other little boat was there except one. The idiom ei mē ‘except’ marks the single exception to the negated statement.
Root and etymology
semasigma–eta–mu–alpha
“sign, marker”
In context — John 6:22
On the next day, the crowd standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other little boat there except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone.
About this coordinate
John 6:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 6:22, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.6.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.22.W17.S1) and character.