John 7:21:4John.7.21.W4TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈiː.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 ee-ay-SOOS KAI EI-pen au-TOIS HEN ER-gon e-POI-ê-sa KAI PAN-tes thau-MA-dze-te
Exegesis
The narrative opens with the aorist verb apekrithe {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pekrí-thē} ‘answered’, followed by the subject Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs} and the coordinated aorist eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said’, a Johannine pattern for introducing direct discourse.
In context — John 7:21
Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel .”
About this coordinate
John 7:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of John 7:21, 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.7.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.21.W4.S1) and character.