Mark 11:6:3Mark.11.6.W3TAB
εἶπαν
eipan
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pan
- Extended
- EI-pahn
- IPA
- /ˈei.pan/
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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-pan
- sentence
hoi de EI-pan au-TOIS ka-THÔS EI-pen ho ee-ay-SOOS KAI a-PHÊ-kan au-TOUS
Exegesis
The clause begins with hoi de eipan {οἱ δὲ εἶπαν | hoí dè eî-pan}, where the nominative article hoi functions substantively as the subject “they,” and the postpositive de gives a mild narrative contrast, often rendered “but.”
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — Mark 11:6
And they spoke to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
About this coordinate
Mark 11:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 11:6, so the Greek word εἶπαν (eipan) 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.11.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.6.W3.S1) and character.