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
Ewe
be

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Result
εἶ + ναί
ei + nai
einai

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei-NAI

  2. sentence

    ouk Ê-DEI-TE HO-ti en TOIS TOO pa-TROS moo DEI ei-NAI me

In contextLuke 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.