Mark 10:38:4Mark.10.38.W4TAB
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 ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS ouk OI-da-te TEE ai-TEIS-the DY-na-sthe pi-EIN to po-TE-ree-on ho e-GO PI-nô ê to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GO bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
The article ho {ὁ | ho} marks the subject Iesous {Ἰησοῦς | Iē-soûs} ‘Jesus,’ who is paired with the aorist verb eipen {εἶπεν | êi-pen} ‘said,’ forming the main narrative clause.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–iota–pi
“to speak, say”
In context — Mark 10:38
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 10:38, 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.10.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.38.W4.S1) and character.