Luke 14:5:4Luke.14.5.W4TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.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
KAI pros au-TOUS EI-pen TEE-nos hy-MON hy-OS Ê BOUS eis PHRE-ar pe-SEI-tai KAI ouk eu-THE-ôs a-na-SPA-sei au-TON en hê-ME-rai tou sab-BA-tou
Exegesis
The narrative connector pros autous eipen {πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν | pròs autoùs eîpen} introduces direct speech directed toward the hearers, with the aorist verb eipen marking a decisive utterance.
Root and etymology
eiponepsilon–iota–pi–omicron–nu
“to say, speak”
In context — Luke 14:5
And He said to them, “Which of you, if your son or ox falls into a pit, would not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 14:5, 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.14.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.5.W4.S1) and character.