Luke 17:22:1Luke.17.22.W1TAB
Εἶπεν
eipen
“He said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈi.pɛn/
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 tous ma-thê-TAS e-LEU-son-tai hê-ME-rai HO-te e-pi-thy-MÊ-sē-te MI-an tôn hê-me-RÔN tou hy-IU tou an-THRÔ-pou i-DEIN kai ouk OP-se-sthe
Exegesis
The verse opens with eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘he said’ functioning as a narrative verb that introduces direct discourse, with the postpositive de {δὲ | dè} ‘and/now’ marking a transition within the teaching sequence.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon iota pi omicron nu
“to say, speak”
In context — Luke 17:22
And He said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man , and you will not see it.”
About this coordinate
Luke 17:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 17:22, 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.17.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.22.W1.S1) and character.