Luke 2:8:3Luke.2.8.W3PAT
ἦσαν
êsan
“were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-san
- Extended
- Ê-sahn
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিলেন
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- wɔwɔ
- Ewe
- nye
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Result
ἦ + σαν
↓
ê + san
↓
êsan
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- sentence
KAI POI-me-nes Ê-san en TÊI KHÔ-ra TÊI au-TÊI a-grau-LOUN-tes KAI phy-LAS-son-tes phy-la-KAS TÊS nyk-TOS e-PI TÊN POIM-nên au-TÔN
In context — Luke 2:8
and shepherds were in the region the same staying outdoors and keeping watch watches of the night over the flock of them
About this coordinate
Luke 2:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 2:8, so the Greek word ἦσαν (êsan) 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.2.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.8.W3.S1) and character.