John 3:19:23John.3.19.W23PAT

ἦν

ên

were

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
EHN
IPA
/ɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
were
French
étaient
Spanish
eran
Portuguese
eram
German
waren
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كانت
Hindi
थे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
이었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
yalikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe
nye

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    HAU-tê DE es-TIN hê KRI-sis HO-ti to PHÔS e-LÊ-ly-then eis ton KOS-mon KAI ê-GA-pê-san hoi AN-thrô-poi MAL-lon to SKO-tos Ê to PHÔS ÊN GAR au-TÔN po-nê-RA ta ER-ga

In contextJohn 3:19

this {and} is {the} judgment that {the} light has come into {the} world {and} loved {the} people rather {the} darkness than {the} light were for their evil {the} works

About this coordinate

John 3:19:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of John 3:19, 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 John.3.19.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.19.W23.S1) and character.