John 9:1:3John.9.1.W3TAB
εἶδεν
eiden
“he saw”
- Transliteration
- EI-den
- Extended
- EI-den
- IPA
- /ˈiː.den/
Meaning by language
- English
- he saw
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-den
- sentence
KAI pa-RA-gōn EI-den AN-thrō-pon ty-PHLON ek ge-ne-TÊS
Exegesis
The aorist eiden {εἶδεν | eî-den} ‘saw’ advances the narrative with a completed perception, and its explicit object anthrōpon {ἄνθρωπον | án-thrō-pon} ‘a man’ keeps the focus on an unidentified individual.
Root and etymology
horaōomicron rho alpha omega
“to see, perceive”
In context — John 9:1
And, as He was moving along, He saw a man blind from birth .
About this coordinate
John 9:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of John 9:1, so the Greek word εἶδεν (eiden) 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.9.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.1.W3.S1) and character.