John 9:2:4John.9.2.W4TAB
οἱ
hoi
“{the}”
- Transliteration
- hoi
- Extended
- hoi
- IPA
- /hoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- {the}
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hoi
- 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 object auton {αὐτὸν | au-tón} appears before the full subject hoi mathetai autou {οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ | hoi ma-thē-taí au-toû} ‘his disciples,’ so the reader feels the focus fall on Jesus before the questioners are fully identified.
Root and etymology
Root
“same, similar”
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 9:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 9:2, so the Greek word οἱ (hoi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.2.W4.S1) and character.