Mark 10:21:9Mark.10.21.W9TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- AY-pen
- 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 ee-ay-SOOS em-BLEP-sas au-TOI ê-GA-pê-sen au-TON KAI EI-pen au-TOI HEN se hy-ste-REI HY-pa-ge HO-sa E-kheis PO-lê-son KAI dos tois ptō-KHOIS KAI HEK-seis thê-sau-RON en ou-ra-NÔI KAI DEU-ro a-ko-LOU-thei moi
Exegesis
In the direct speech, hen se husterei {Ἕν σε ὑστερεῖ | Hén se huster-eî} places the neuter subject hen ‘one thing’ before the verb for emphasis, while se ‘you’ remains in the unemphatic object position, yielding the sense “one thing is lacking with respect to you.”
The future indicative hexeis {ἕξεις | hé-kheis} with thesauron {θησαυρὸν | thē-sau-ròn} ‘treasure’ in the prepositional phrase en ourano {ἐν οὐρανῷ | en ou-ra-nō} ‘in heaven’ functions as a promise of eschatological reward that contrasts with relinquished earthly wealth.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–iota–pi
“to speak, say”
In context — Mark 10:21
But Jesus , having looked intently at him, loved him, and He said to him, “One thing you lack: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 10:21, 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 Mark.10.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.21.W9.S1) and character.