Acts 19:32:7Acts.19.32.W7TAB
ἦν
een
“was”
- Transliteration
- EEN
- Extended
- ÊÊN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EEN
- sentence
AL-loi MEN OUN AL-lo ti E-kra-zon EEN gar hê ek-klê-SI-a syn-ge-khy-ME-nê kai hoi PLEI-ous ouk ÊI-dei-san TI-nos HE-ne-ka sy-ne-lê-LY-thei-san
Exegesis
The main clause ἦν γὰρ ἡ ἐκκλησία συγκεχυμένη places the verb ēn {ἦν | ên} before the subject hē ekklēsia {ἡ ἐκκλησία | hē ek-klē-sí-a} in a slightly marked order, followed by the predicate participle sugkechumenē {συγκεχυμένη | syg-ke-khy-mé-nē} used predicatively to describe a settled state of confusion; the perfect passive highlights a situation that has resulted from prior disturbance and now continues.
Root and etymology
Hellenepsilon–lambda–lambda–eta–nu
“Greek, non-Jewish Greek person”
In context — Acts 19:32
Therefore, some were crying out one thing and others another, for the assembly was confused , and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 19:32, so the Greek word ἦν (een) 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.19.32.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.32.W7.S1) and character.