Luke 1:7:3Luke.1.7.W3PAT

ἦν

ên

there was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
there was
French
il y avait
Spanish
había
Portuguese
havia
German
es gab
Russian
было
Arabic-Simplified
كان
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
ada
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
may
Swahili
kulikuwa
Amharic
ነበረ
Yoruba
ó wà
Igbo
e nwere
Twi
Ewe
le

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI OUK ÊN au-TOIS TEK-non

  3. sentence

    KAI OUK ÊN au-TOIS TEK-non ka-THO-ti ÊN hê e-li-SA-bet STEI-ra KAI am-PHO-te-roi pro-be-bê-KO-tes en TAIS hê-ME-rais au-TÔN Ê-san

In contextLuke 1:7

and not there was to them a child because {she} was {the} Elizabeth barren and both aged in the days of them {they} were

About this coordinate

Luke 1:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 1:7, 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.1.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.7.W3.S1) and character.