Matthew 14:18:3Matt.14.18.W3TAB
εἶπεν·
eipen
“said”
- Transliteration
- EI-pen
- Extended
- EI-pen
- IPA
- /ˈiː.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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The word
Word in context
- word
EI-pen
- clause
HO DE EI-pen
- sentence
HO DE EI-pen phe-re-TE moi HÔ-de au-TOUS
Exegesis
The sentence begins with ho de eipen {ὁ δὲ εἶπεν | ho de eî-pen}, where ho is a narrative subject marker referring back to Jesus in the context, and de is a postpositive conjunction that here has a mildly continuative sense, well rendered as “but” or “then” to show the next step in the scene. The aorist verb eipen presents a simple, completed speech act, a typical narrative backbone verb in the Gospels.
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — Matthew 14:18
But He said, “Bring them here to Me.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 14:18, 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 Matt.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.18.W3.S1) and character.