Acts 28:21:5Acts.28.21.W5TAB
εἶπαν
eipan
“they said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pan
- Extended
- EI-pahn
- 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 DE pros au-TON EI-pan hê-MEIS OU-te GRAM-ma-ta pe-RI sou e-dek-SA-me-tha a-PO tês i-ou-dai-AS OU-te pa-ra-ge-NO-me-nos tis tôn a-del-PHÔN a-PÊNG-gei-len Ê e-LA-lê-SEN ti pe-RI sou po-nê-RON
Exegesis
The reply begins with the subject–verb unit hoi de eipan {οἱ δὲ εἶπαν | hoí dè eîpan} introducing the Jewish leaders’ statement.
In context — Acts 28:21
But they said to him, “We have neither received letters about you from Judea nor has any of the brothers, having arrived, reported or spoken anything evil about you.”
About this coordinate
Acts 28:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 28:21, 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.28.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.21.W5.S1) and character.