John 8:6:22John.8.6.W22TAB
προσποιούμενος
prospoioumenos
“pretending”
- Transliteration
- pros-poi-OU-me-nos
- Extended
- prohs-poi-OOH-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /pros.poiˈuː.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- pretending
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pros-poi-OU-me-nos
- sentence
TOU-to DE E-le-gon pei-RA-dzon-tes au-TON HI-na E-kho-sin ka-tê-go-REIN au-TOU HO DE ee-ay-SOOS KA-tô KY-psas tôi dak-TY-lôi E-gra-phen eis tên gên MÊ pros-poi-OU-me-nos
Exegesis
The final participle me prospoiousmenos {μὴ προσποιούμενος | MĒ pros-poi-OÚ-me-nos} is adverbial, most naturally modifying the main clause with a modal nuance: Jesus is described as acting “without pretending to notice,” that is, outwardly ignoring them. The English renderings preserve this structure by maintaining the purpose clause (“so that they might have…to accuse Him”) and the contrastive “But Jesus,” while turning the participial chain into sequential finite verbs for clarity in narrative flow.
In context — John 8:6
But this they were saying, testing Him, so that they might have something with which to accuse Him. But Jesus , having stooped down, was writing with His finger on the ground, not paying attention to them.
About this coordinate
John 8:6:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of John 8:6, so the Greek word προσποιούμενος (prospoioumenos) 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.8.6.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.6.W22.S1) and character.