Luke 1:22:17Luke.1.22.W17PAT

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊHN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
estaba
Portuguese
estava
German
war
Russian
был
Arabic-Simplified
كان
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
alikuwa
Amharic
ነበር
Yoruba
Igbo
bụ
Twi
Ewe
le

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. clause

    kai au-TOS ÊN di-a-NEU-ōn au-TOIS kai di-E-me-nen kō-PHOS

  3. sentence

    ek-sel-THŌN de ouk e-DY-na-to la-LÊ-sai au-TOIS kai e-PE-gnō-san HO-ti op-ta-SI-an he-Ō-ra-ken en tō na-Ō kai au-TOS ÊN di-a-NEU-ōn au-TOIS kai di-E-me-nen kō-PHOS

In contextLuke 1:22

having come out and not was able to speak to them and recognized that a vision he had seen in the temple and he himself was making signs to them and he remained mute

About this coordinate

Luke 1:22:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 1:22, 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.1.22.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.22.W17.S1) and character.