Luke 2:49:18Luke.2.49.W18PAT
εἶναί
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- ei-NAI
- Extended
- ei-NAI
- IPA
- /eiˈnai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- être
- Spanish
- ser
- Portuguese
- ser
- German
- sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يكون
- Hindi
- होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 成为
- Korean
- 이다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হওয়া
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- jẹ́
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- be
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
εἶ + ναί
↓
ei + nai
↓
einai
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
ei-NAI
- sentence
ouk Ê-DEI-TE HO-ti en TOIS TOO pa-TROS moo DEI ei-NAI me
In context — Luke 2:49
and he said to them why that were you seeking me not did you know that in the of Father my it is necessary to be for me
About this coordinate
Luke 2:49:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 2:49, so the Greek word εἶναί (einai) 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.2.49.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.49.W18.S1) and character.