John 9:19:2John.9.19.W2TAB
ἠρώτησαν
êrôtêsan
“they asked”
- Transliteration
- ê-RÔ-tê-san
- Extended
- êh-ROH-têh-sahn
- IPA
- /ɛːˈrɔː.tɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they asked
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ê-RÔ-tê-san
- sentence
KAI ê-RÔ-tê-san au-TOUS LE-gon-tes HOO-TOS es-TIN HO HY-OS HY-MÔN HON HY-MEIS LE-ge-te HO-ti ty-PHLOS e-ge-NNÊ-thê PÔS OUN BLE-pei AR-ti
Exegesis
The aorist verb erotesan {ἠρώτησαν | ē-rṓ-tē-san} ‘they asked’ reports the completed act of questioning, while the participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} ‘saying’ introduces the direct speech in a standard Greek reporting pattern.
Root and etymology
erotaoepsilon rho omega tau alpha omega
“to ask, question”
In context — John 9:19
And they asked them, saying, “This is your son , the one you say was blind from birth? How is it, then, that he sees now?”
About this coordinate
John 9:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of John 9:19, so the Greek word ἠρώτησαν (êrôtêsan) 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.9.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.19.W2.S1) and character.