John 8:19:7John.8.19.W7TAB
πατήρ
patêr
“father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TÊR
- Extended
- pah-TAIR
- IPA
- /paˈtɛːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- father
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
- word
pa-TÊR
- 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.
Root and etymology
paterpi–alpha–tau–eta–rho
“father, ancestor, source”
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 8:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 8:19, so the Greek word πατήρ (patêr) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.19.W7.S1) and character.