John 8:14:17John.8.14.W17TAB
οἶδα
oida
“I know”
- Transliteration
- OI-da
- Extended
- OI-dah
- IPA
- /ˈoi.da/
Meaning by language
- English
- I know
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
OI-da
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TOIS KAN e-GÔ mar-ty-RÔ pe-RI e-mau-TOU a-lê-THÊS ES-tin hê mar-ty-RI-a mou HO-ti OI-da PO-then ÊL-thon KAI POU hy-PA-gō hy-MEIS de ouk OI-da-te PO-then ER-kho-mai ê POU hy-PA-gō
Exegesis
The causal clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} in hoti oida pothen elthon kai pou hypago {ὅτι οἶδα πόθεν ἦλθον καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγω | hó-ti oî-da pó-then ēl-thon kaí poû hy-pá-gō} ‘because I know where I came from and where I am going’ grounds the truth of the testimony in Jesus’ self-knowledge of origin and destiny.
Root and etymology
eidōepsilon–iota–delta–omicron
“to know, to see with understanding”
In context — John 8:14
Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness concerning Myself, My testimony is true , because I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.”
About this coordinate
John 8:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 8:14, so the Greek word οἶδα (oida) 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.8.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.14.W17.S1) and character.