John 9:2:18John.9.2.W18TAB
γεννηθῇ
gennêthê
“be born”
- Transliteration
- gen-nê-THÊ
- Extended
- gen-nêh-THÊH
- IPA
- /gen.nɛːˈtʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be born
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
gen-nê-THÊ
- sentence
KAI HÊ-RÔ-tê-san au-TON hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU LE-gon-tes rhab-BI TIS HÊ-mar-ten OO-tos Ê hoi go-NEIS au-TOU HI-na ty-PHLOS gen-nê-THÊ
Exegesis
The hina-clause with typhlos gennēthē {τυφλὸς γεννηθῇ | ty-phlós gen-nē-thē} uses a purpose/result construction with a passive subjunctive to express the disciples’ assumption that blindness could be the outcome of prior sin. In English, that final clause is best rendered idiomatically rather than with a rigid purpose formula, because the Greek here records a theological inference, not an act of intention.
Root and etymology
gennaōgamma epsilon nu nu alpha omega
“to beget, bear, give birth”
In context — John 9:2
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, whose sin lay behind this—this man’s or his parents’—that he was born blind ?”
About this coordinate
John 9:2:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of John 9:2, so the Greek word γεννηθῇ (gennêthê) 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.9.2.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.2.W18.S1) and character.