Acts 16:1:13Acts.16.1.W13TAB

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    ka-TÊN-tê-sen de KAI eis DER-bên KAI eis LYS-tran KAI i-DOU ma-thê-TÊS tis ÊN e-KEI o-NO-ma-ti ti-MO-the-os hy-HOS gy-nai-KOS iou-dai-AS pis-TÊS pa-TROS de HEL-lê-nos

Exegesis

The nominative mathetes tis {μαθητής τις | mathētḗs tis} “a certain disciple” becomes the new subject, and the imperfect ēn with adverb ekei {ἦν ἐκεῖ | ēn ekeî} situates him “there.”

Root and etymology

Hellasepsilon–lambda–lambda–alpha–sigma

Greece, Greek person

In contextActs 16:1

He came also to Derbe and to Lystra, and look, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but with a Greek father .

About this coordinate

Acts 16:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 16:1, so the Greek word ἦν (ên) 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.16.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.1.W13.S1) and character.