John 8:21:1John.8.21.W1TAB
Εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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
EI-pen OUN PA-lin au-TOIS e-GÔ hy-PA-gō KAI dzê-TÊ-se-TE me KAI en têi ha-mar-TI-ai hy-MÔN a-po-tha-NEIS-the HO-pou e-GÔ hy-PA-gō hy-MEIS ou DY-nas-the el-THEIN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative verb eipen {Εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘he said’, with oun {οὖν | oûn} functioning as an inferential connector that ties this saying to the prior discourse.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 8:21
Therefore He said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek Me, and you will die in your sin . Where I am going, you are not able to come.”
About this coordinate
John 8:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 8:21, 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.8.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.21.W1.S1) and character.