John 7:14:5John.7.14.W5TAB
μεσούσης
mesousês
“being in the middle”
- Transliteration
- me-SOU-sês
- Extended
- me-SOU-sês
- IPA
- /me.ˈsuː.sɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- being in the middle
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
me-SOU-sês
- sentence
Ê-dê DE TÊS he-or-TÊS me-SOU-sês a-NE-bê ee-ay-SOOS eis TO hi-e-RON KAI e-DI-das-ken
Exegesis
The genitive absolute construction tes heortes mesouses {τῆς ἑορτῆς μεσούσης | tês he-or-tês me-soú-sēs} functions as a temporal clause, literally ‘with the feast being in the middle’, and is rendered as a finite temporal expression in English (“when the feast was already midway” / “when the festival was halfway over”).
In context — John 7:14
Now when the feast was already midway, Jesus went up into the temple and was teaching .
About this coordinate
John 7:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 7:14, so the Greek word μεσούσης (mesousês) 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.7.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.14.W5.S1) and character.