Mark 4:38:3Mark.4.38.W3TAB
ἦν
ên
“was”
- Transliteration
- ÊN
- Extended
- ÊÊN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊN
- sentence
KAI au-TOS ÊN en têi PRYM-nêi e-PI to pros-ke-PHA-lai-on ka-THEU-dōn KAI e-GEI-rou-sin au-TON KAI LE-gou-sin au-TÔI di-DAS-ka-le ou ME-lei soi HO-ti a-pol-LY-me-tha
Exegesis
The emphatic subject autos {αὐτός | autós} ‘he’ precedes the verb ēn {ἦν | ēn} ‘was’, highlighting His presence amid the chaos.
Root and etymology
γῆgamma–eta
“earth, soil, land”
In context — Mark 4:38
And He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. They awakened Him and said to Him, “Teacher, does it not concern You that we are perishing ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 4:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 4:38, so the Greek word ἦν (ên) 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.4.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.38.W3.S1) and character.