John 6:42:9John.6.42.W9TAB

Ἰωσήφ

iōsêph

Joseph

Transliteration
i-ō-SÊPH
Extended
ih-oh-SAYPH
IPA
/i.oːˈseːpʰ/

Meaning by language

English
Joseph

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Result
Ἰ + ω + σήφ
i + ō + sêph
iōsêph

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Omegao — same as omicron
Sigmas — as in sit
Etai — as in machine
Phiph — as in phone (f)

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-ō-SÊPH

  2. sentence

    KAI E-le-gon oukh hou-TOS ES-tin ee-ay-SOOS ho hy-OS i-ō-SÊPH hou hê-MEIS OI-da-men ton pa-TE-ra KAI tên mê-TE-ra pôs nyn LE-gei HO-ti ek tou ou-ra-NOU ka-ta-BE-bê-ka

Exegesis

The appositional phrase ho huios Ioseph {ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ | ho hyi-ós Iō-sḗph} “the son of Joseph” foregrounds Jesus’ perceived human lineage.

In contextJohn 6:42

And they were saying, “Is not this Jesus , the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? How then does He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

About this coordinate

John 6:42:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 6:42, so the Greek word Ἰωσήφ (iōsêph) 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.6.42.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.42.W9.S1) and character.