John 4:39:7John.4.39.W7TAB

ἐπίστευσαν

episteusan

{they} believed

Transliteration
e-PI-steu-san
Extended
eh-PI-steu-sahn
IPA
/e.ˈpis.teu.san/

Meaning by language

English
{they} believed

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Result
ἐ + πί + στευ + σαν
e + pi + steu + san
episteusan

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Pip — as in pet
Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    e-PI-steu-san

  2. sentence

    ek de tês PO-le-os e-KEI-nēs pol-LOI e-PI-steu-san eis au-TON tôn sa-ma-ri-TÔN di-A ton LO-gon tês gy-nai-KOS mar-ty-ROU-sēs HO-ti ei-PEN moi PAN-ta HA e-POI-Ê-sa

Exegesis

The main verb episteusan {ἐπίστευσαν | e-pí-steu-san} ‘they believed’ is aorist indicative, portraying their faith as a definite response.

In contextJohn 4:39

And from that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who was bearing witness, “He told me all that I did.”

About this coordinate

John 4:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 4:39, so the Greek word ἐπίστευσαν (episteusan) 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.4.39.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.39.W7.S1) and character.