Acts 19:2:16Acts.19.2.W16TAB
εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- ei
- Extended
- ei
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ei
- 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 conditional particle Ei {Εἰ | Eî} introduces a direct question, where the object pneuma hagion {πνεῦμα ἅγιον | pnéu-ma há-gi-on} ‘Holy Spirit’ precedes elabete {ἐλάβετε | e-lá-be-te} ‘you received’ to place emphasis on the reception.
The clause ei pneuma hagion estin {εἰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐστιν | eî pnéu-ma há-gi-on é-stin} serves as an indirect question under ēkousamen {ἠκούσαμεν | ē-koú-sa-men} ‘we heard’, rendered in English to convey uncertainty about the existence of the Spirit.
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 19:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 19:2, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.2.W16.S1) and character.