Acts 21:29:1Acts.21.29.W1TAB

ἦσαν

êsan

they were

Transliteration
Ê-san
Extended
Êê-sahn
IPA
/ˈɛː.san/

Meaning by language

English
they were

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Result
ἦ + σαν
ê + san
êsan

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ê-san

  2. sentence

    Ê-san gar pro-e-ô-ra-KO-tes TRO-phi-mon ton e-PHE-si-on en tê PO-lei syn au-TÔ hon e-NO-mi-dzon HO-ti eis to hi-e-RON ei-SÊ-ga-gen ho PAU-los

Root and etymology

euthydromeōepsilon–upsilon–theta–upsilon–delta–rho–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega

to run a straight course, sail directly

In contextActs 21:29

For they had earlier seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple .

About this coordinate

Acts 21:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 21:29, so the Greek word ἦσαν (êsan) 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.21.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.29.W1.S1) and character.