Luke 2:7:18Luke.2.7.W18PAT
ἦν
ên
“was”
- Transliteration
- ÊN
- Extended
- ÊN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- había
- Portuguese
- havia
- German
- war
- Russian
- было
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 有
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- mayroon
- Swahili
- kulikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበረ
- Yoruba
- sí
- Igbo
- dị
- Twi
- wɔ
- Ewe
- nɔ
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊN
- phraseyour reading level
di-O-ti ouk ÊN au-TOIS TO-pos en tôi ka-ta-LY-ma-ti
- sentence
KAI E-te-ken TON hy-ON au-TÊS TON prô-TO-to-kon KAI es-par-GA-nô-sen au-TON KAI a-NE-kli-nen au-TON en PHA-tnÊ di-O-ti ouk ÊN au-TOIS TO-pos en tôi ka-ta-LY-ma-ti
In context — Luke 2:7
and she gave birth the son her the firstborn and swaddled him and laid him in manger because not was for them place in the lodging
About this coordinate
Luke 2:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 2:7, 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.2.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.7.W18.S1) and character.