John 12:35:1John.12.35.W1TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- ei-PEHN
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pen
- sentence
EI-pen OUN au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS E-ti mi-KRON KHRO-non to PHÔS en hy-MEEN es-TIN pe-ri-pa-TEI-te hôs to PHÔS E-khe-te HI-na mê sko-TI-a hy-MAS ka-ta-LA-bêi kai ho pe-ri-pa-TÔN en têi sko-TI-ai ouk OI-den pou hy-PA-gei
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said’ followed by the inferential conjunction oun {οὖν | oûn} ‘therefore, then’, linking Jesus’ words to the preceding discussion and marking them as a consequential response.
Root and etymology
eiponepsilon–iota–pi–omicron–nu
“to say, speak”
In context — John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, “Yet a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light , so that darkness will not overtake you. And the one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.”
About this coordinate
John 12:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 12:35, so the Greek word εἶπεν (eipen) 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.12.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.35.W1.S1) and character.