Luke 2:6:5Luke.2.6.W5PAT
εἶναι
einai
“were”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EE-nai
- IPA
- /ˈiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- estaban
- Portuguese
- estavam
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- berada
- Bengali
- ছিলেন
- Tagalog
- nasa
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- wɔwɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
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Result
εἶ + ναι
↓
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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Word in context
- word
EI-nai
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to DE en TOI EI-nai au-TOUS e-KEI e-PLÊS-thÊ-san hai hê-ME-rai TOU te-KEIN au-TÊN
In context — Luke 2:6
it happened {and} in while were them there were fulfilled the days for to give birth her
About this coordinate
Luke 2:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 2:6, so the Greek word εἶναι (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.2.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.6.W5.S1) and character.