John 8:18:8John.8.18.W8TAB
μαρτυρεῖ
martyrei
“bears witness”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-REI
- Extended
- mahr-tü-REI
- IPA
- /mar.tyˈreːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- bears witness
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
mar-ty-REI
- 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.”
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 8:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 8:18, so the Greek word μαρτυρεῖ (martyrei) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.18.W8.S1) and character.