John 6:29:5John.6.29.W5TAB
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
a-pe-KRI-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TOIS tou-TO ES-tin to ER-gon tou the-OU HI-na pi-STEY-ê-te eis hon a-PE-stei-len e-KEI-nos
Exegesis
The verse opens with the narrative pair apekrithe {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pekrí-thē} ‘answered’ and eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said’, a common Johannine formula introducing direct speech, with the finite verb appearing before the explicit subject Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs}, a marked word order that keeps the narrative action foregrounded.
Root and etymology
legōlambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say”
In context — John 6:29
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God , that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
About this coordinate
John 6:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 6:29, 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.6.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.29.W5.S1) and character.