Luke 20:28:6Luke.20.28.W6TAB

ἐάν

ean

if

Transliteration
e-AN
Extended
eh-AN
IPA
/eˈan/

Meaning by language

English
if

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Result
ἐ + άν
e + an
ean

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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  1. word

    e-AN

  2. sentence

    LE-gon-tes di-DAS-ka-le mō-yü-SÊS E-grap-sen hê-MEEN e-AN TI-nos a-del-PHOS a-po-THA-nêi E-khōn gy-NAI-ka kai HOU-tos A-tek-nos ÊI HI-na LA-bêi ho a-del-PHOS au-TOU tên gy-NAI-ka kai ek-sa-na-STÊ-sêi SPER-ma tôi a-del-PHÔI au-TOU

Exegesis

The conditional protasis begins with ean {ἐάν | eán} ‘if’ plus the aorist subjunctive apothanei {ἀποθάνῃ | apothánēi} ‘dies,’ modified by the participle echon {ἔχων | échōn} ‘having’ and its object gynaika {γυναῖκα | gynaîka} ‘wife.’

In contextLuke 20:28

They said, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife and he is childless , then his brother should take the wife and raise up seed for his brother.”

About this coordinate

Luke 20:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 20:28, so the Greek word ἐάν (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.20.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.28.W6.S1) and character.