John 8:14:26John.8.14.W26TAB
οἴδατε
oidate
“you know”
- Transliteration
- OI-da-te
- Extended
- OI-dah-teh
- IPA
- /ˈoi.da.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you 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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
OI-da-te
- 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 contrastive clause hymeis de ouk oidate pothen erchomai e pou hypago {ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἔρχομαι ἢ ποῦ ὑπάγω | hy-meîs dè ouk oí-da-te pó-then ér-kho-mai ē poû hy-pá-gō} ‘but you do not know where I come from or where I am going’ sets the audience’s ignorance against Jesus’ knowledge through the emphatic subject hymeis and the particle de. The repetition and pairing of pothen ‘from where’ and pou ‘where’ form a rhetorical parallelism that highlights the Christological theme of heavenly origin and return. English renderings mirror the concessive–declarative–causal–contrastive sequence, preserving the logical flow and the emphasis on epistemic contrast between Jesus and His hearers.
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 8:14:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of John 8:14, so the Greek word οἴδατε (oidate) 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.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.14.W26.S1) and character.