John 8:4:7John.8.4.W7TAB
γυνὴ
gynê
“woman”
- Transliteration
- gy-NÊ
- Extended
- gyoo-NAY
- IPA
- /gyˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- woman
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gy-NÊ
- sentence
LE-gou-sin au-TOI pei-RA-dzon-tes di-DAS-ka-le HAU-tê hê gy-NÊ ka-te-LÊPH-thê ep au-to-PHO-rôi moi-kheu-o-ME-nê
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the demonstrative hautē {αὕτη | haú-tē} ‘this’ points deictically to the woman, and hē gynē {ἡ γυνή | hē gynḗ} supplies the grammatical subject.
Root and etymology
gyn-gamma–upsilon–nu
“woman, female”
In context — John 8:4
They say to Him , testing , “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.”
About this coordinate
John 8:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 8:4, so the Greek word γυνὴ (gynê) 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.8.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.4.W7.S1) and character.