John 7:36:8John.7.36.W8TAB
Ζητήσετέ
dzêtêsete
“you will seek”
- Transliteration
- dzê-tê-se-TE
- Extended
- dzê-tê-seh-TEH
- IPA
- /dzɛː.tɛː.seˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will seek
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
dzê-tê-se-TE
- sentence
TIS ES-tin ho LO-gos HOO-tos HON EI-pe dzê-tê-se-TE me KAI ookh heu-RÊ-se-te KAI HO-poo ei-MI e-GÔ hy-MEIS oo DY-nas-the el-THEIN
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the coordinated future verbs zetēsete me kai oukh heurēsete {Ζητήσετέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετε | zē-tē-se-té me kai oukh heu-rē-se-te} form a predictive statement: the second person plural subject is implied in the verb endings, and the negation oukh scopes over heurēsete to indicate the failure of the search.
Root and etymology
zeteozeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, desire, search for”
In context — John 7:36
What is this saying that He said, “You will seek Me and you will not find Me, and where I am, you are not able to come”?
About this coordinate
John 7:36:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 7:36, so the Greek word Ζητήσετέ (dzêtêsete) 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.7.36.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.36.W8.S1) and character.