Acts 19:2:1Acts.19.2.W1TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pen
- sentence
EI-pen te pros au-TOUS ei PNEU-ma HA-gi-on e-LA-be-te pi-STEUS-san-tes hoi de pros au-TON al oud ei PNEU-ma HA-gi-on ES-tin ê-KOU-sa-men
Exegesis
The verse begins with eipen {εἶπέν | eî-pen} ‘he said’, with the enclitic te {τε | te} linking this utterance to the preceding narrative.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — Acts 19:2
And he asked them, “When you believed , did you receive the Holy Spirit ?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 19:2, so the Greek word εἶπεν (eipen) 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.19.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.2.W1.S1) and character.