John 1:24:3John.1.24.W3TAB
ἦσαν
êsan
“were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-san
- Extended
- Ê-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- sentence
KAI a-pe-stal-ME-noi Ê-san ek tôn pha-ri-SAI-ôn
Exegesis
This participial subject is completed by the imperfect verb ēsan {ἦσαν | ê-san}, forming a periphrastic construction that emphasizes a resultant state (“they were in the condition of having been sent”).
Root and etymology
erotaoepsilon–rho–omega–tau–alpha–omega
“to ask, question”
In context — John 1:24
And those who had been sent were from the Pharisees .
About this coordinate
John 1:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 1:24, 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 John.1.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.1.24.W3.S1) and character.