John 8:12:21John.8.12.W21TAB
τῇ
têi
“the”
- Transliteration
- têi
- Extended
- têi
- IPA
- /tɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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têi
- sentence
PA-lin oun au-TOIS e-LA-lê-sen ho ee-ay-SOOS LE-gōn e-GÔ EI-mi to PHŌS tou KOS-mou ho a-ko-lou-THŌN e-MOI ou mê pe-ri-pa-TÊ-sêi en têi sko-TI-a al HE-ksei to PHŌS tês dzō-ÊS
Exegesis
The paired negation ou mē {οὐ μὴ | ou mḗ} with peripatese {περιπατήσῃ | pe-ri-pa-té-sē} intensifies the promise into an absolute assurance that such a person will not enter or continue in darkness.
The contrastive alla {ἀλλʼ | all’} introduces the opposite outcome: hexei {ἕξει | hé-xei} guarantees possession, and to phos tēs zoes {τὸ φῶς τῆς ζωῆς | tò phôs tēs zō-ês} describes a light characterized by, or belonging to, life itself. The rendering keeps the clause relationships intact: declaration, condition, negated outcome, and promised result.
Root and etymology
agoreuoalpha–gamma–omicron–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to speak in the assembly, declare”
In context — John 8:12
Therefore Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world; the one who follows Me will certainly not walk in darkness , but will have the light of life.”
About this coordinate
John 8:12:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of John 8:12, so the Greek word τῇ (têi) 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.8.12.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.12.W21.S1) and character.