Acts 13:5:15Acts.13.5.W15TAB
εἶχον
eikhon
“they had”
- Transliteration
- EI-khon
- Extended
- ei-KHOHN
- IPA
- /ˈei.kʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they had
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-khon
- sentence
KAI ge-NO-me-noi en sa-la-MI-ni ka-TEEG-gel-lon ton LO-gon tou the-OU en TAIS sy-na-gô-GAIS tôn i-ou-dai-ON EI-khon de KAI i-ô-AN-nên hy-pê-RE-tên
Exegesis
The narrative then adds a coordinated clause with eichon de kai Iōannēn hypēretēn {εἶχον δὲ καὶ Ἰωάννην ὑπηρέτην | eîchon dé kaí Iōánnēn hypērétēn}.
The verb eichon {εἶχον | eîchon} “they had” governs the object Iōannēn {Ἰωάννην | Iōánnēn} with the predicate accusative hypēretēn {ὑπηρέτην | hypērétēn}, identifying John’s role as that of an assistant or ministerial helper to the missionary team. In English, the participial construction is converted into a temporal clause, and the imperfects are rendered with simple past while preserving a sense of ongoing activity through contextual wording such as “were proclaiming” and “was with them to help.”
In context — Acts 13:5
And when they had arrived in Salamis, they were proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as an assistant.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 13:5, so the Greek word εἶχον (eikhon) 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 Acts.13.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.5.W15.S1) and character.