John 8:9:10John.8.9.W10TAB
εἷς
heis
“one”
- Transliteration
- heis
- Extended
- heis
- IPA
- /heis/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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hoi DE a-KOU-san-tes KAI hy-PO tês sy-nei-DEE-se-ôs e-len-KHO-me-noi ek-SEE-khon-to heis kath heis ar-KSA-me-noi a-PO tôn pres-by-TE-ron KAI ka-te-LEI-phthê MO-nos ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI hê gy-NEE en ME-sô OU-sa
Exegesis
The imperfect middle verb exērchonto {ἐξήρχοντο | exḗr-khon-to} portrays their departure as progressive or repeated, fitting the distributive expression heis kath heis {εἷς καθʼ εἷς | heîs kath heîs} ‘one by one’.
Root and etymology
oudeisomicron–upsilon–delta–epsilon–iota–sigma
“no one, nobody, nothing”
In context — John 8:9
But when they had heard, and being convicted by the conscience , they began to go out one by one, starting from the elders, and Jesus was left alone, and the woman was standing in the midst.
About this coordinate
John 8:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 8:9, so the Greek word εἷς (heis) 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.8.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.9.W10.S1) and character.