John 6:47:6John.6.47.W6TAB
πιστεύων
pisteyōn
“believing”
- Transliteration
- pi-STEY-ōn
- Extended
- pih-STEH-yohn
- 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-STEY-ōn
- sentence
a-MEN a-MEN LE-gō hy-MEEN ho pi-STEY-ōn E-khei dzō-ÊN ai-Ō-nee-on
Exegesis
The articular participle ho pisteuon {ὁ πιστεύων | ho pis-teú-ōn} “the one who believes” is a substantival participial construction, characterizing a generic person by the ongoing action of believing; its nominative case aligns it as the grammatical subject of the following verb.
Root and etymology
pistispi–iota–sigma–tau–iota–sigma
“faith, trust, confidence”
In context — John 6:47
Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes has eternal life .
About this coordinate
John 6:47:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of John 6:47, so the Greek word πιστεύων (pisteyōn) 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.6.47.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.47.W6.S1) and character.