John 9:30:17John.9.30.W17TAB
πόθεν
pothen
“from where”
- Transliteration
- PO-then
- Extended
- POH-thehn
- IPA
- /ˈpo.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- from where
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PO-then
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ho AN-thrô-pos KAI EI-pen au-TOIS en TOU-tō gar to thau-mas-TON es-TIN HO-ti hy-MEIS ouk OI-da-te PO-then es-TIN KAI Ê-noi-KSEN mou tous oph-thal-MOUS
Exegesis
The hoti-clause, hoti hymeis ouk oidate pothen estin {ὅτι ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἐστίν | hó-ti hy-meîs ouk oí-da-te pó-then es-tin}, supplies the content of that astonishment.
Pothen estin {πόθεν ἐστίν | pó-then es-tin} asks about origin, and the omitted referent is recovered from the narrative context.
Root and etymology
Rootpi omicron theta epsilon nu
“from where”
In context — John 9:30
The man answered them and said, “The astonishing point in this is that you do not know where He is from, and still He opened my eyes.”
About this coordinate
John 9:30:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of John 9:30, so the Greek word πόθεν (pothen) 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.9.30.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.30.W17.S1) and character.