Matthew 15:26:4Matt.15.26.W4TAB

εἶπεν

eipen

he said

Transliteration
EI-pen
Extended
EI-pehn
IPA
/ˈei.pen/

Meaning by language

English
he said

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Result
εἶ + πεν
ei + pen
eipen

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Pip — as in pet
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    EI-pen

  2. sentence

    ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ouk ES-tin ka-LON la-BEIN ton AR-ton tôn TEK-nōn kai ba-LEIN tois ky-na-RI-ois

Root and etymology

legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega

to say, speak

In contextMatthew 15:26

But He answered and said, “It is not right to take the bread of the children and to throw it to the little dogs .”

About this coordinate

Matthew 15:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:26, 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.15.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.26.W4.S1) and character.