Luke 1:21:2Luke.1.21.W2PAT

ἦν

ên

{They} were

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
{They} were
French
{ils} étaient
Spanish
{ellos} estaban
Portuguese
{eles} estavam
German
{sie} waren
Russian
{они} были
Arabic-Simplified
كانوا
Hindi
{वे} थे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
ń jẹ́
Igbo
ha bụ
Twi
wɔwɔe
Ewe
wɔle

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. sentence

    KAI ÊN ho la-ÔS pros-do-KÔN ton za-kha-RI-an KAI e-THAU-ma-dzon en TÔI khro-NI-dzein en TÔI na-ÔI au-TON

In contextLuke 1:21

{And} {They} were the people waiting for {the} Zechariah {and} were marveling at the delay in the temple his

About this coordinate

Luke 1:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 1:21, 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 Luke.1.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.21.W2.S1) and character.