John 7:30:12John.7.30.W12TAB
ὅτι
hoti
“because”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HO-ti
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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HO-ti
- sentence
e-DZÊ-toon OON au-TON pi-A-sai KAI ou-DEIS e-PE-ba-len ep au-TON TÊN KHEI-ra HO-ti OU-pô e-lê-LY-thei hê HÔ-ra au-TOU
Exegesis
The causal clause hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘because’ introduces the theological explanation: oupo eleluthei {οὔπω ἐληλύθει | ou-pō e-lē-lý-thei} ‘had not yet come’ uses the pluperfect to stress that the divinely determined point in time had not yet arrived, and hora autou {ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ | hē hō-ra au-toû} ‘His hour’ refers not to mere clock time but to the appointed moment of His suffering and glorification. In English, the sequential logic is rendered with “so...but...because,” preserving the contrast between human intent and divine timing.
In context — John 7:30
So they were seeking to seize Him , but no one laid a hand upon Him because His hour had not yet come .
About this coordinate
John 7:30:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 7:30, so the Greek word ὅτι (hoti) 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.7.30.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.30.W12.S1) and character.