Acts 16:13:15Acts.16.13.W15TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EI-nai
- IPA
- /ˈiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI-nai
- sentence
tê te hê-ME-rai tôn sab-BA-tōn ek-SÊL-tho-men EK-sō tês PY-lēs pa-RA po-ta-MON hou e-no-MI-zo-men pro-seu-KHÊN EI-nai kai ka-THI-san-tes e-la-LOU-men tais sy-nel-THOU-sais gy-nai-KSIN
Exegesis
The relative pronoun hou {οὗ | hou} with the imperfect enomizomen {ἐνομίζομεν | e-no-mí-zo-men} plus infinitive einai {εἶναι | eî-nai} conveys an ongoing assumption, rendered “where we assumed there was a place of prayer.”
In context — Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we assumed there was a place of prayer ; we sat down and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 16:13, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.16.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.13.W15.S1) and character.