Mark 9:4:8Mark.9.4.W8PAT

ἦσαν

êsan

were

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

Meaning by language

English
were
French
étaient
Spanish
estaban
Portuguese
estavam
German
waren
Russian
были
Arabic-Simplified
كانوا
Hindi
थे
Chinese-Simplified
正在
Korean
있었다
Indonesian
sedang
Bengali
ছিলেন
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
Igbo
nọ
Twi
wɔwɔ
Ewe
wo nɔ

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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

    KAI Ê-san syl-la-LOON-tes tôi ee-ay-SOO

  3. sentence

    KAI Ō-phthê au-TOIS ê-LI-as SYN mō-y-SEI KAI Ê-san syl-la-LOON-tes tôi ee-ay-SOO

In contextMark 9:4

{And} appeared to them Elijah with Moses and were conversing {the} Jesus

About this coordinate

Mark 9:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 9:4, 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.9.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.4.W8.S1) and character.