Mark 10:3:4Mark.10.3.W4TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“he said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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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The word
Word in context
- word
EI-pen
- sentence
ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen au-TOIS TI hy-MIN e-ne-TEI-la-to mō-yü-SÊS
Exegesis
The aorist participle apokritheis {ἀποκριθείς | apokri-theís} precedes the main verb eipen {εἶπεν | eipen} in a common Semitic-influenced Greek construction, functioning adverbially to frame the act of speaking as a considered response.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–iota–pi
“to speak, say”
In context — Mark 10:3
But He answered and said to them, “What did Moses command you?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 10:3, 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.10.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.3.W4.S1) and character.