John 6:30:1John.6.30.W1TAB
εἶπον
eipon
“they said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pon
- Extended
- EI-pohn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they said
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pon
- sentence
EI-pon oun au-TOI TI oun poi-EIS SY sê-MEI-on HI-na I-dô-men kai pi-STEUS-ô-men soi TI er-GA-zêi
Exegesis
The verse begins with the finite verb–particle sequence eipon oun {εἶπον οὖν | eî-pon oûn}, presenting a narrative past statement (“they said”) and linking it inferentially to the preceding discourse.
Root and etymology
Rootlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to speak”
In context — John 6:30
Therefore they said to Him , “What sign do You do, so that we may see and believe You? What do You perform?”
About this coordinate
John 6:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 6:30, so the Greek word εἶπον (eipon) 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.6.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.30.W1.S1) and character.