John 9:41:20John.9.41.W20TAB
μένει
menei
“remains”
- Transliteration
- ME-nei
- Extended
- ME-nei
- IPA
- /ˈme.nei/
Meaning by language
- English
- remains
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ME-nei
- sentence
EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS ei ty-PHLOI Ê-te ouk an EI-KHE-te ha-mar-TI-an NYN de LE-ge-te HO-ti BLE-po-men hê ha-mar-TI-a hy-MÔN ME-nei
Exegesis
The closing clause he hamartia hymon menei {ἡ ἁμαρτία ὑμῶν μένει | hē ha-mar-tí-a hy-môn mé-nei} places the subject first for emphasis, and the present tense of menei portrays an ongoing condition rather than a momentary event. In English, the condition is best rendered with an unreal past pattern, the contrast with a strong adversative, the reported claim with quotation marks, and the final present verb with language that signals continued persistence.
Root and etymology
menomu epsilon nu omega
“to remain, stay, abide”
In context — John 9:41
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind , no sin would be charged to you; but now you declare, 'We see'; your sin remains."
About this coordinate
John 9:41:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of John 9:41, so the Greek word μένει (menei) 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.9.41.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.41.W20.S1) and character.