John 18:7:9John.18.7.W9TAB
εἶπαν·
eipan
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pan
- Extended
- EI-pahn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pan/
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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pan
- clause
hoi DE EI-pan
- sentence
hoi DE EI-pan ee-ay-SOON TON na-zô-RAI-on
Exegesis
Eipan {εἶπαν | ei-pan} functions as the speech verb for the answer, and the accusative phrase Iesoun ton Nazoraion {Ἰησοῦν τὸν Ναζωραῖον | Iē-soûn ton Na-zō-rai-on} serves as the content of what they say, identifying the person sought by name and by fixed geographic title. Rendering the interrogative as a contemporary search question preserves the present-tense force of zeteite, and varying the English frame around the speech avoids flattening the verse into a routine formula.
In context — John 18:7
Then He put the question to them again, “Whom are you in search of?” They replied, “Jesus the Nazarene .”
About this coordinate
John 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of John 18:7, 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 John.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (John.18.7.W9.S1) and character.