Mark 10:39:9Mark.10.39.W9TAB
εἶπεν
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pehn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pen/
Meaning by language
- English
- said
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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
hoi de EI-pan au-TOI dy-NA-me-tha ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS to po-TE-ri-on ho e-GŌ PI-nō PI-es-the KAI to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GŌ bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THĒ-se-s-the
Exegesis
A parallel construction with ho de Iesous {ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς | ho dè Iē-soûs} “but Jesus” marks a change of speaker, with eipen {εἶπεν | eîpen} ‘He said’ and the dative autois {αὐτοῖς | autoîs} ‘to them’ forming a balanced dialogic pair with the initial clause.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–iota–pi
“to speak, say”
In context — Mark 10:39
And they said to Him, “We are able.” But Jesus said to them, “The cup which I drink, you will drink; and the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:39:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 10:39, 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.10.39.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.39.W9.S1) and character.