Luke 23:6:5Luke.23.6.W5TAB

εἰ

ei

whether

Transliteration
ei
Extended
ee
IPA
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Meaning by language

English
whether

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei

  2. sentence

    pi-LA-tos DE a-KOU-sas e-pê-RO-tê-sen ei ho AN-thrô-pos ga-li-la-Ê-os es-TIN

Exegesis

The particle ei {εἰ | ei} ‘if/whether’ marks this indirect question, with the clause ho anthropos Galilaios estin {ὁ ἄνθρωπος Γαλιλαῖός ἐστιν | ho án-thrō-pos Ga-li-lai-ós é-stin} forming its content.

Root and etymology

anaseioalpha–nu–alpha–sigma–epsilon–iota–omega

to shake up, incite, agitate

In contextLuke 23:6

But Pilate , having heard, asked whether the man was a Galilean .

About this coordinate

Luke 23:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 23:6, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.23.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.6.W5.S1) and character.