John 8:14:7John.8.14.W7TAB
ἐγὼ
egô
“I”
- Transliteration
- e-GÔ
- Extended
- eh-GÔ
- IPA
- /eˈgɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-GÔ
- 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 concessive clause Kan ego marturo peri emautou {Κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ | Kàn e-gṓ mar-tu-rō̂ pe-rí e-mau-toû} ‘even if I bear witness about Myself’ uses Kan to introduce a hypothetical condition that Jesus grants for the sake of argument.
Root and etymology
legolambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say, speak”
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 8:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 8:14, so the Greek word ἐγὼ (egô) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.14.W7.S1) and character.