Luke 2:48:24Luke.2.48.W24PAT
⸀ἐζητοῦμέν
edzêtoumen
“were seeking”
- Transliteration
- e-dzê-TOU-men
- Extended
- eh-dzê-TOO-mehn
- IPA
- /e.dzeˈtuː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- were seeking
- French
- cherchions
- Spanish
- buscábamos
- Portuguese
- procurávamos
- German
- suchten
- Russian
- искали
- Arabic-Simplified
- كنا نطلب
- Hindi
- खोज रहे थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 正在找
- Korean
- 찾고 있었다
- Indonesian
- sedang mencari
- Bengali
- খুঁজছিলাম
- Tagalog
- hinahanap
- Swahili
- tulikuwa tukitafuta
- Amharic
- እየፈለግን ነበር
- Yoruba
- n wa
- Igbo
- na-achọ
- Twi
- yɛrehwehwɛ
- Ewe
- le didi
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-dzê-TOU-men
- sentence
i-DOU ho pa-TÊR sou KAI e-GÔ o-dy-NÔ-me-noi e-dzê-TOU-men se
In context — Luke 2:48
and having seen him they were astonished and {She} said to him the mother his child why you did to us thus behold the father your and I being distressed were seeking you
About this coordinate
Luke 2:48:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 2:48, so the Greek word ⸀ἐζητοῦμέν (edzêtoumen) 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.2.48.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.48.W24.S1) and character.