John 9:30:5John.9.30.W5TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈiː.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he said
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 AN-thrô-pos KAI EI-pen au-TOIS en TOU-tō gar to thau-mas-TON es-TIN HO-ti hy-MEIS ouk OI-da-te PO-then es-TIN KAI Ê-noi-KSEN mou tous oph-thal-MOUS
Exegesis
First, the narrative frame apekrithe ho anthropos kai eipen autois {ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς | a-pe-krí-thē ho án-thrō-pos kai ei-pen au-toîs} uses a standard report formula, pairing an aorist deponent verb with a second aorist verb to mark a decisive reply and then direct speech.
Root and etymology
legōlambda, epsilon, gamma, omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 9:30
The man answered them and said, “The astonishing point in this is that you do not know where He is from, and still He opened my eyes.”
About this coordinate
John 9:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 9:30, 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.9.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.30.W5.S1) and character.