John 3:23:9John.3.23.W9PAT
ἐγγὺς
enggys
“near”
- Transliteration
- eng-GYS
- Extended
- ehng-GYS
- IPA
- /eŋˈgys/
Meaning by language
- English
- near
- French
- près de
- Spanish
- cerca de
- Portuguese
- perto de
- German
- nahe bei
- Russian
- возле
- Arabic-Simplified
- قرب
- Hindi
- निकट
- Chinese-Simplified
- 靠近
- Korean
- 가까이
- Indonesian
- dekat
- Bengali
- কাছে
- Tagalog
- malapit sa
- Swahili
- karibu na
- Amharic
- አጠገብ
- Yoruba
- nítòsí
- Igbo
- nso
- Twi
- bɛn
- Ewe
- tɔgbe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
eng-GYS
- sentence
ÊN DE KAI HO i-o-AN-nês bap-TI-dzôn en ai-NÔN eng-GYS TOU sa-LEIM HO-ti HY-da-ta pol-LA ÊN e-KEI KAI pa-re-GI-non-to KAI e-bap-TI-dzon-to
In context — John 3:23
{He} was and also {the} John baptizing in Aenon near {the} Salim because waters much was there and they were coming and they were being baptized
About this coordinate
John 3:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 3:23, so the Greek word ἐγγὺς (enggys) 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.3.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.23.W9.S1) and character.