John 10:41:22John.10.41.W22TAB

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    KAI pol-LOI ÊL-thon PROS au-TON KAI E-le-gon HO-ti i-ô-AN-nês MEN sê-MEI-on e-POI-Ê-sen oo-DEN PAN-ta DE HO-sa EI-pen i-ô-AN-nês pe-RI TOO-too a-lê-THÊ ÊN

Exegesis

The aorist eipen {εἶπεν | ei-pen} ‘he said’ summarizes his testimony, peri toutou {περὶ τούτου | pe-rí toú-tou} ‘concerning this one’ identifies the subject of that testimony, and the predicate adjective alēthē {ἀληθῆ | a-lē-thê} ‘true’ with ēn {ἦν | ên} ‘was’ states the settled conclusion: John’s words about Jesus were in fact true.

Root and etymology

Root

firm, reliable

In contextJohn 10:41

And many came to Him , and they were saying, “John indeed performed no sign , but everything that John said about this man was true.”

About this coordinate

John 10:41:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of John 10:41, so the Greek word ἦν (ên) 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.10.41.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.41.W22.S1) and character.