Luke 19:40:7Luke.19.40.W7TAB
ἐὰν
ean
“if”
- Transliteration
- e-AN
- Extended
- eh-AN
- IPA
- /eˈan/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-AN
- sentence
KAI a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen LE-gō hy-MEEN HO-ti e-AN HOU-toi si-ō-PĒ-sou-sin hoi LI-thoi KRAK-sou-sin
Exegesis
A third-class conditional is expressed by the protasis using the particle ean with a future indicative verb in ean hoûtoi siōpēsousin {ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν | e-àn hoû-toi si-ō-pé-sou-sin}, presenting a potential future scenario of silence.
Root and etymology
Rootsigma–upsilon–kappa–omicron–mu–omicron–rho–epsilon–alpha
“sycomore-fig tree”
In context — Luke 19:40
And answering, He said, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out.”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:40:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 19:40, so the Greek word ἐὰν (ean) 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.19.40.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.40.W7.S1) and character.