John 8:19:13John.8.19.W13TAB
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
E-le-gon oun au-TÔ POU ES-tin ho pa-TÊR sou a-pe-KRI-thê ee-ay-SOOS OU-te e-ME OI-da-te OU-te ton pa-TE-ra mou ei e-ME Ê-dei-te kai ton pa-TE-ra mou AN Ê-dei-te
Exegesis
The core verb of cognition is oidate {οἴδατε | oí-da-te} ‘you know’, denoting not just factual awareness but settled recognition. Jesus then employs a second-class (contrary-to-fact) conditional construction: ei … ēideite …
Root and etymology
eidōepsilon–iota–delta–omicron
“to know, to see with understanding”
In context — John 8:19
Then they said to Him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You neither know Me nor My Father ; if you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
About this coordinate
John 8:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 8:19, 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.8.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.19.W13.S1) and character.