John 8:18:4John.8.18.W4TAB
μαρτυρῶν
martyron
“bearing witness”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-RON
- Extended
- mahr-tü-ROHN
- IPA
- /mar.tyˈrɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- bearing witness
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
mar-ty-RON
- 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
The articular participle ho martyrōn {ὁ μαρτυρῶν | ho martyrōn} functions substantivally, “the one bearing witness,” so the clause can be rendered either as a simple predicate or with a relative construction in English.
Root and etymology
martyreōmu–alpha–rho–tau–upsilon–rho–epsilon–omega
“to bear witness, testify”
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 8:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 8:18, so the Greek word μαρτυρῶν (martyron) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.18.W4.S1) and character.