John 8:37:7John.8.37.W7TAB
ζητεῖτέ
zêtête
“you seek”
- Transliteration
- zê-tê-TE
- Extended
- dzêh-têh-TEH
- IPA
- /dzeː.tiːˈte/
Meaning by language
- English
- you seek
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
zê-tê-TE
- sentence
OI-da HO-ti SPER-ma a-bra-AM ES-te al-LA zê-tê-TE me a-pok-TEI-nai HO-ti ho LO-gos ho e-MOS ou khô-REI en hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The verb zeteite {ζητεῖτέ | zē-teî-te} ‘you seek’ takes the infinitive apokteinai {ἀποκτεῖναι | a-pok-teî-nai} ‘to kill’ as its complementary infinitive, with me {με | me} ‘Me’ as direct object, expressing an ongoing purposeful intent.
In context — John 8:37
I know that you are Abraham’s seed, but you seek to kill Me because My word does not find room in you.
About this coordinate
John 8:37:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 8:37, so the Greek word ζητεῖτέ (zêtête) 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.8.37.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.37.W7.S1) and character.