John 6:35:20John.6.35.W20TAB
πιστεύων
pisteuôn
“believing”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEU-ôn
- Extended
- pih-STEH-oo-ôn
- IPA
- /piˈsteu̯.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- believing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pi-STEU-ôn
- sentence
EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS e-GÔ EI-mi ho AR-tos tês dzô-ÊS ho er-KHO-me-nos pros e-ME ou MÊ pei-NA-sê KAI ho pi-STEU-ôn eis e-ME ou MÊ dip-PSÊ-sei PÔ-po-te
Exegesis
Two parallel articular present participles, ho erchomenos pros eme {ὁ ἐρχόμενος πρὸς ἐμὲ | ho er-khó-me-nos pròs emè} “the one coming to Me” and ho pisteuon eis eme {ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ | ho pis-teú-ōn eis emè} “the one believing in Me,” function substantivally, describing ongoing, characteristic actions rather than single events.
Root and etymology
pistispi–iota–sigma–tau–iota–sigma
“faith, trust, fidelity”
In context — John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one coming to Me will certainly not hunger, and the one believing in Me will certainly never thirst.”
About this coordinate
John 6:35:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of John 6:35, so the Greek word πιστεύων (pisteuôn) 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.6.35.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.35.W20.S1) and character.