Luke 22:25:3Luke.22.25.W3TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
ho de EI-pen au-TOIS hoi ba-si-LEIS tôn e-thNÔN ky-ri-EU-ou-sin au-TÔN kai hoi ek-sou-si-AZ-on-tes au-TÔN eu-er-GE-tai ka-LOUN-tai
Exegesis
The narrative begins with ho de eipen autois {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς | ho dè eî-pen au-toîs} ‘but He said to them’, where ho functions as a third person subject pronoun and de signals a transition.
Root and etymology
legōlambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — Luke 22:25
But He said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called benefactors .”
About this coordinate
Luke 22:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 22:25, 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.22.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.25.W3.S1) and character.