John 7:27:4John.7.27.W4TAB
πόθεν
pothen
“from where”
- Transliteration
- PO-then
- Extended
- POH-thehn
- IPA
- /ˈpo.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- from where
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PO-then
- sentence
al-LA TOO-ton OI-da-men PO-then es-TIN ho DE khree-STOS HO-tan ER-khê-tai oo-DEIS gi-NO-skei PO-then es-TIN
Exegesis
The interrogative adverb pothen {πόθεν | pó-then} combined with estin {ἐστίν | es-tín} expresses knowledge of geographical origin, “from where he is.”
In context — John 7:27
But we know where this man is from; yet when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.
About this coordinate
John 7:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 7:27, so the Greek word πόθεν (pothen) 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.7.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.27.W4.S1) and character.