Matthew 14:21:4Matt.14.21.W4TAB
ἦσαν
êsan
“were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-san
- Extended
- Ê-san
- IPA
- /ˈeː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- sentence
HOI DE es-THI-on-tes Ê-san AN-dres hô-SEI pen-ta-kis-KHI-li-oi khô-RIS gy-nai-KÔN KAI pai-DI-ôn
Exegesis
The phrase esthiontes {ἐσθίοντες | es-thí-on-tes} functions as a substantival participial clause acting as the subject, “those who were eating,” with the imperfect verb esan {ἦσαν | ê-san} linking to the predicate andres hōsei pentakischilioi {ἄνδρες ὡσεὶ πεντακισχίλιοι | án-dres hō-seì pen-ta-kis-khí-li-oi}, which provides gender and an approximate number.
Root and etymology
diasōzōdelta–iota–alpha–sigma–omega–zeta–omega
“to bring safely through, to save completely”
In context — Matthew 14:21
Now those who were eating were about five thousand men , not including women and children .
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 14:21, so the Greek word ἦσαν (êsan) 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.14.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.21.W4.S1) and character.