Mark 1:16:19Mark.1.16.W19PAT

ἦσαν

êsan

they were

Transliteration
Ê-san
Extended
Ê-sahn
IPA
/ˈɛː.san/

Meaning by language

English
they were
French
ils étaient
Spanish
eran
Portuguese
eram
German
sie waren
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كانوا
Hindi
थे
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
mereka adalah
Bengali
তারা ছিল
Tagalog
sila ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
wọ́n jẹ́
Igbo
ha bụ
Twi
wɔwɔ
Ewe
wɔn nye

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Result
ἦ + σαν
ê + san
êsan

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ê-san

  2. phraseyour reading level

    Ê-san GAR ha-li-EIS

  3. sentence

    KAI pa-RA-gôn pa-RA TÊN THA-la-ssan TÊS ga-li-la-I-as EI-den SI-mô-na KAI an-DRE-an TON a-del-PHON SI-mô-nos am-PHI-BAL-lon-tas en TÊI tha-LA-ssêi Ê-san GAR ha-li-EIS

In contextMark 1:16

and passing by alongside the sea of the Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting in the sea they were for fishermen

About this coordinate

Mark 1:16:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Mark 1:16, 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 Mark.1.16.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.16.W19.S1) and character.