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
- 是
- 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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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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The word
Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- phraseyour reading level
Ê-san GAR ha-li-EIS
- 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 context — Mark 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.