Mark 7:26:4Mark.7.26.W4TAB

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    hê de gy-NE ÊN hel-lê-NIS sy-ro-phoi-NI-kis-sa tôi GE-nei kai ê-RÔ-ta au-TON HI-na to dai-MO-ni-on ek-BA-lê ek tês thy-ga-TROS au-TÊS

Exegesis

The main verb en {ἦν | ēn} ‘was’ links this description to the subject, forming a descriptive clause before moving to her action.

Root and etymology

Hellenepsilon with rough breathing–lambda–lambda–eta–nu

Greek, Gentile

In contextMark 7:26

But the woman was Greek , a Syrophoenician by race, and she pleaded with Him to cast out the demon from her daughter.

About this coordinate

Mark 7:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 7:26, 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.7.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.26.W4.S1) and character.