John 8:34:4John.8.34.W4TAB
Ἰησοῦς
Eeaysoos
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOOS
- Academic
- Iēsous
- Extended
- ih-eh-SOOS
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS a-MĒN a-MĒN LE-gō hy-MĪN HO-ti PAS ho poi-ŌN tēn ha-mar-TI-an DOU-LOS ES-tin tês ha-mar-TI-as
Exegesis
The narrative opens with apekrithē autois ho Iesous {Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς | a-pe-krí-thē au-toîs ho Iē-soûs}, a standard reply formula in which the verb comes first and the subject follows, giving the response itself prominence before the speaker is named.
Root and etymology
Iesousiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — John 8:34
Jesus answered them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who is engaged in sin is a slave of sin.”
About this coordinate
John 8:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 8:34, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.8.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.34.W4.S1) and character.