Luke 13:7:1Luke.13.7.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 DE pros ton am-pe-lour-GON i-DOU TRI-a E-tê aph hou ER-kho-mai dzê-TON kar-PON en tê sy-KÊ TAU-tê KAI oukh heu-RI-skō EK-kop-son au-TÊN hi-na-TI KAI tên gên ka-tar-GEI
Exegesis
The verse begins with the aorist narrative verb eipen {εἶπεν | eîpen} ‘he said’, with the postpositive de {δὲ | dè} linking this statement to the preceding context.
In context — Luke 13:7
So he said to the vinedresser , “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none; cut it down. Why should it also exhaust the ground ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 13:7, 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 Luke.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W1.S1) and character.