John 8:42:5John.8.42.W5TAB
Εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- ei
- Extended
- ei
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ei
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EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS ei ho the-OS pa-TÊR hy-MÔN ÊN ê-ga-PA-te AN e-ME e-GÔ GAR ek tou the-OU ek-SÊL-thon kai HÊ-kô ou-DE GAR ap e-mau-TOU e-LÊ-ly-tha AL e-KEI-NOS me a-PE-stei-len
Exegesis
The condition is structured as a second-class (contrary-to-fact) conditional: the protasis Ei ho theos pater humon en {Εἰ ὁ θεὸς πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἦν | Ei ho the-ós pa-tḗr hy-môn ên} “If God were your Father” uses the imperfect of eimi to describe a hypothetical state that is not actually true.
Root and etymology
moicheuōmu–omicron–iota–chi–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to commit adultery”
In context — John 8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came out from God and I am here; for I have not even come from Myself, but He sent Me.”
About this coordinate
John 8:42:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 8:42, so the Greek word Εἰ (ei) 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.8.42.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.42.W5.S1) and character.