John 9:10:8John.9.10.W8TAB
ὀφθαλμοί;
ophthalmoi
“eyes”
- Transliteration
- oph-thal-MOI
- Extended
- oph-thal-MOI
- IPA
- /opʰ.tʰalˈmoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- eyes
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oph-thal-MOI
- sentence
E-le-gon OON au-TOI PÔS ê-ne-oi-khthê-SAN soo hoi oph-thal-MOI
Exegesis
The genitive sou {σου | sou} ‘your’ ties the eyes possessively to the man, and the nominative hoi ophthalmoi {οἱ ὀφθαλμοί | hoi oph-thal-moí} ‘the eyes’ completes the passive construction in the question.
Root and etymology
ophthalmosophthalmos
“eye”
In context — John 9:10
So they kept asking him, “In what way were your eyes opened?”
About this coordinate
John 9:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 9:10, so the Greek word ὀφθαλμοί; (ophthalmoi) 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.9.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.10.W8.S1) and character.