John 6:46:17John.6.46.W17TAB
πατέρα
patera
“Father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TE-ra
- Extended
- pah-TEH-rah
- IPA
- /paˈte.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- Father
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-TE-ra
- sentence
oukh HO-ti ton pa-TE-ra he-Ô-ra-KEN tis ei mê ho ÔN pa-RA tou the-OU HOU-tos he-Ô-ra-ken ton pa-TE-ra
Exegesis
The object ton patera {τὸν πατέρα | tón pa-té-ra} ‘the Father’ precedes the verb heoraken {ἑώρακέν | he-ó-ra-ken} ‘has seen’, with the indefinite subject tis {τις | tis} ‘anyone’ following the verb, giving a broad, indefinite scope: “has anyone seen the Father.”
Root and etymology
paterpi–alpha–tau–eta–rho
“father, ancestor, protector”
In context — John 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father , except the one who is from God ; this one has seen the Father.
About this coordinate
John 6:46:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 6:46, so the Greek word πατέρα (patera) 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.6.46.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.46.W17.S1) and character.