Luke 17:14:3Luke.17.14.W3TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EE-pen
- IPA
- /ˈiː.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
kai i-DON EI-pen au-TOIS po-reu-THEN-tes e-pi-DEI-ksa-te he-au-TOUS tois hi-e-REU-sin kai e-GE-ne-to en tôi hy-PA-gein au-TOUS e-ka-tha-RI-sthê-san
Exegesis
The aorist participle idon {ἰδών | idṓn} ‘having seen’ functions temporally, indicating that the subsequent main verb eipen {εἶπεν | eípen} ‘He said’ occurs after the act of seeing.
Root and etymology
legolambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say, speak”
In context — Luke 17:14
And when He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests .” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 17:14, 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.17.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.14.W3.S1) and character.