Luke 19:9:1Luke.19.9.W1TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈiː.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 au-TON ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti SÊ-me-ron sô-tê-REE-a tôi OI-kôi TOU-tôi e-GE-ne-to ka-THO-ti kai au-TOS hy-OS a-bra-AM es-TIN
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘he said,’ with the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè} linking this statement to the preceding context while allowing it to carry fresh emphasis.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say”
In context — Luke 19:9
And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 19:9, 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.19.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.9.W1.S1) and character.