John 8:28:20John.8.28.W20TAB
οὐδέν
ouden
“nothing”
- Transliteration
- ou-DEN
- Extended
- oo-DEHN
- IPA
- /uːˈden/
Meaning by language
- English
- nothing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ou-DEN
- sentence
EI-pen OUN ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-tan hyp-SÔ-sê-te ton hy-ON tou an-THRÔ-pou TO-te GNÔ-se-s-the HO-ti e-GÔ EI-mi KAI ap e-mau-TOU poi-Ô ou-DEN al-LA ka-THÔS e-DI-dak-SEN me ho pa-TÊR TAU-ta la-LÔ
Exegesis
The next clause, kai ap' emautou poio ouden {καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ποιῶ οὐδέν | kaì ap' emautoû poiô oudén}, is a strong denial of independent initiative, with the prepositional phrase ap' emautou foregrounding source and authorization.
Root and etymology
oudeisomicron–upsilon–delta–epsilon–iota–sigma
“no one, nobody, nothing”
In context — John 8:28
Then Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and I do nothing from Myself; but just as the Father taught Me, I speak these things.”
About this coordinate
John 8:28:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of John 8:28, so the Greek word οὐδέν (ouden) 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.8.28.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.28.W20.S1) and character.