John 6:35:5John.6.35.W5TAB
Ἐγώ
egô
“I”
- Transliteration
- e-GÔ
- Extended
- eh-GÔ
- IPA
- /eˈgɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-GÔ
- 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
Within the quotation, the emphatic pronoun ego {Ἐγώ | Egṓ} precedes the copula eimi {εἰμι | eî-mi}, producing an emphatic “I am” construction that functions as a self-revelatory formula.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
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 6:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 6:35, so the Greek word Ἐγώ (egô) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.35.W5.S1) and character.