Acts 23:14:8Acts.23.14.W8TAB
εἶπαν
eipan
“they said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pan
- Extended
- AY-pan
- IPA
- /ˈei.pan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they 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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pan
- sentence
HOI-ti-nes pro-sel-THON-tes tois ar-khi-e-REU-sin KAI tois pres-by-TE-rois EI-pan a-na-THE-ma-ti a-ne-the-ma-TI-sa-men he-au-TOUS mê-de-NOS GEU-sas-thai HE-ōs hou a-pok-TEI-nō-men ton PAU-lon
Exegesis
The aorist active participle proselthontes {προσελθόντες | proselthóntes} is adverbial and temporally prior to the main verb eipan {εἶπαν | eîpan}, giving the sequence “after coming, they said.”
In context — Acts 23:14
Those who had approached the chief priests and the elders said, “With a curse we have bound ourselves not to taste anything until we have killed Paul.”
About this coordinate
Acts 23:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 23:14, so the Greek word εἶπαν (eipan) 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.23.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.14.W8.S1) and character.