John 6:22:4John.6.22.W4TAB
ὄχλος
okhlos
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- OKH-los
- Extended
- OH-khohs
- IPA
- /ˈokʰ.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
OKH-los
- sentence
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 noun phrase ho ochlos ho hestekōs {ὁ ὄχλος ὁ ἑστηκὼς | ho óch-los ho he-stē-kṓs} combines a definite article plus noun with a participial modifier in apposition, literally “the crowd, the one standing,” which functions as a defining relative-like description (“the crowd that was standing”).
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng, multitude”
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 6:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 6:22, so the Greek word ὄχλος (okhlos) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.22.W4.S1) and character.