John 8:19:5John.8.19.W5TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- ES-tin
- Extended
- EHS-tihn
- IPA
- /ˈes.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ES-tin
- 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
followed by the verb estin {ἐστιν | é-stin} and the articular noun phrase ho patēr sou {ὁ πατήρ σου | ho pa-tḗr soû} ‘your Father’, with the possessive pronoun sou directly modifying patēr to stress the personal relationship they challenge.
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 8:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 8:19, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.19.W5.S1) and character.