John 9:28:1John.9.28.W1TAB
ἐλοιδόρησαν
eloidorêsan
“they reviled”
- Transliteration
- e-loi-DO-rê-san
- Extended
- eh-loi-DOH-rê-sahn
- IPA
- /e.loiˈdo.rɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they reviled
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| 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
e-loi-DO-rê-san
- sentence
e-loi-DO-rê-san au-TON KAI EI-pon SY ma-thê-TÊS EI e-KEI-nou hê-MEIS DE TOU mô-y-SE-ôs es-MEN ma-thê-TAI
Exegesis
The opening aorist eloidoresan {ἐλοιδόρησαν | eloidórēsan} ‘they reviled’ presents the abuse as a completed action before the quotation begins, and auton {αὐτόν | autón} ‘him’ makes the target explicit.
Root and etymology
loidoreolambda omicron iota delta omicron rho epsilon omega
“to speak abusively”
In context — John 9:28
They reviled him and said, "You are a disciple of that one; but we are disciples of Moses ."
About this coordinate
John 9:28:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 9:28, so the Greek word ἐλοιδόρησαν (eloidorêsan) 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.9.28.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.28.W1.S1) and character.