John 1:19:9John.1.19.W9TAB
ἀπέστειλαν
apeisteilan
“sent”
- Transliteration
- a-PEI-stei-lan
- Extended
- ah-PEI-stei-lan
- IPA
- /aˈpes.tei.lan/
Meaning by language
- English
- sent
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-PEI-stei-lan
- phraseyour reading level
HO-te a-PEI-stei-lan hoi i-ou-DAI-oi eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn hi-e-REIS KAI leu-I-tas HI-na e-rô-TÊ-sô-sin au-TON
- sentence
KAI HAU-tê es-TIN hê mar-ty-RI-a tou i-ou-AN-nou HO-te a-PEI-stei-lan hoi i-ou-DAI-oi eks hi-e-ro-so-LY-môn hi-e-REIS KAI leu-I-tas HI-na e-rô-TÊ-sô-sin au-TON SY TIS EI
Exegesis
Hóte {ὅτε | hóte} ‘when’ opens a temporal subordinate clause, and within it apésteilan {ἀπέστειλαν | apésteilan} ‘they sent’ presents a completed historical action with hoi Ioudaîoi {οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι | hoi Ioudaîoi} ‘the Jews’ as the subject.
Root and etymology
apostellōalpha pi omicron sigma tau epsilon lambda lambda omega
“to send out”
In context — John 1:19
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
About this coordinate
John 1:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 1:19, so the Greek word ἀπέστειλαν (apeisteilan) 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 John.1.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.19.W9.S1) and character.