John 8:24:16John.8.24.W16TAB
εἰμι
eimi
“am”
- Transliteration
- EI-mi
- Extended
- EE-mih
- IPA
- /ˈei.mi/
Meaning by language
- English
- am
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI-mi
- sentence
EI-pon OUN hy-MEEN HO-ti a-po-tha-NEI-sthe en tais ha-mar-TI-ais hy-MON e-AN gar mê pi-STEY-sê-te HO-ti e-GÔ EI-mi a-po-tha-NEI-sthe en tais ha-mar-TI-ais hy-MON
Exegesis
The second hoti-clause, hoti ego eimi {ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι | hó-ti e-gṓ ei-mi}, supplies the exact content of the required belief. The phrase is deliberately terse: Greek gives only “I am,” with emphatic ego and no supplied predicate, so the English keeps the same stark self-identification rather than adding an explicit object such as “He.”
Root and etymology
es
“to be, exist”
In context — John 8:24
I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.
About this coordinate
John 8:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 8:24, so the Greek word εἰμι (eimi) 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.8.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.24.W16.S1) and character.