John 3:23:15John.3.23.W15PAT

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
era
Portuguese
era
German
war
Russian
было
Arabic-Simplified
كان
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
ada
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
kulikuwa
Amharic
ነበር
Yoruba
Igbo
dị
Twi
wɔɔ
Ewe
le

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    ÊN DE KAI HO i-o-AN-nês bap-TI-dzôn en ai-NÔN eng-GYS TOU sa-LEIM HO-ti HY-da-ta pol-LA ÊN e-KEI KAI pa-re-GI-non-to KAI e-bap-TI-dzon-to

In contextJohn 3:23

{He} was and also {the} John baptizing in Aenon near {the} Salim because waters much was there and they were coming and they were being baptized

About this coordinate

John 3:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of John 3:23, 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.3.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (John.3.23.W15.S1) and character.