John 6:8:10John.6.8.W10TAB
ἀδελφὸς
adelphos
“brother”
- Transliteration
- a-del-PHOS
- Extended
- ah-del-PHOHS
- IPA
- /a.delˈpʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- brother
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-del-PHOS
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOI HEIS ek tôn ma-thê-TÔN au-TOU an-DRE-as ho a-del-PHOS SI-mō-nos PE-trou
Exegesis
Andreas {Ἀνδρέας | An-dré-as} stands in apposition to this noun phrase, further specified by the appositive ho adelphos Simōnos Petrou {ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου | ho a-del-phós Sí-mō-nos Pé-trou}, where two genitives, Simōnos and Petrou, combine to express “Simon Peter” while maintaining the genitival relationship “brother of.” Syntactically, Greek delays the explicit subject name until after the partitive phrase, creating a slight suspense that highlights Andrew’s identity both as disciple and as Simon Peter’s brother. In English, the verb is placed later in the clause (“said to Him,” “spoke to Him”) to align with standard subject–verb–object order while still preserving the prominence of Andrew’s role and his relationship to the core disciple circle.
Root and etymology
delphysdelta–epsilon–lambda–phi–upsilon–sigma
“womb”
In context — John 6:8
One of His disciples , Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Him ,
About this coordinate
John 6:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 6:8, so the Greek word ἀδελφὸς (adelphos) 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.6.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.8.W10.S1) and character.