Luke 14:18:9Luke.14.18.W9TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- AY-ee-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
KAI ÊR-ksan-to a-PO mi-AS PAN-tes pa-rai-TEIS-thai ho PRÔ-tos EI-pen au-TÔI a-GRON ê-GO-ra-sa KAI E-khō a-NAŋ-kên ek-sel-THÔN i-DEIN au-TON e-rō-TÔ se E-khe me pa-rêi-tê-ME-non
Exegesis
In direct discourse, eîpen autôi {εἶπεν αὐτῷ | eîpen autôi} ‘he said to him’ marks the speaker and addressee.
Root and etymology
eiponepsilon–iota–pi–omicron–nu
“to say, speak”
In context — Luke 14:18
And they all began at once to excuse themselves. The first said to him, “I have bought a field, and I must go out to see it; I ask you, consider me excused .”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 14:18, 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.14.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.18.W9.S1) and character.