John 8:18:12John.8.18.W12TAB
πέμψας
pempsas
“having sent”
- Transliteration
- PEM-psas
- Extended
- PEHM-psahs
- IPA
- /ˈpem.psas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having sent
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PEM-psas
- sentence
e-GO EI-mi ho mar-ty-RON pe-RI e-mau-TOU KAI mar-ty-REI pe-RI e-MOU ho PEM-psas me pa-TÊR
Exegesis
In the second clause, martyrei {μαρτυρεῖ | martyrēi} is a finite present verb, so the subject must be supplied from the article–participle construction ho pempsas me patēr {ὁ πέμψας με πατήρ | ho pémp-sas me patḗr}, literally “the Father, the one having sent Me.”
The aorist participle pempsas {πέμψας | pémp-sas} denotes a prior, completed act of sending that grounds the Father’s ongoing testimony.
Root and etymology
pempōpi–epsilon–mu–pi–omega
“to send”
In context — John 8:18
I am the one bearing witness about Myself, and the Father who sent Me also bears witness about Me.
About this coordinate
John 8:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of John 8:18, so the Greek word πέμψας (pempsas) 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.8.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.18.W12.S1) and character.