Matthew 12:4:17Matt.12.4.W17PAT

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
AYN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
era
Portuguese
era
German
war
Russian
было
Arabic-Simplified
كان
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
이었다
Indonesian
adalah
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
ilikuwa
Amharic
ነበር
Yoruba
jẹ́
Igbo
bụ
Twi
yɛɛ
Ewe
nye

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HO ouk ek-SON ÊN au-TÔI pha-GEIN ou-DE TOIS met au-TOU ei MÊ TOIS hi-e-REU-sin MO-nois

  3. sentence

    PÔS ei-SÊL-then eis TON OI-kon TOU the-OU KAI TOUS AR-tous TÊS pro-THÊ-se-ôs E-pha-gon HO ouk ek-SON ÊN au-TÔI pha-GEIN ou-DE TOIS met au-TOU ei MÊ TOIS hi-e-REU-sin MO-nois

In contextMatthew 12:4

how he entered into the house of {the} God and the loaves of the Presence they ate which not lawful was for him to eat nor for the with him if not for the priests only

About this coordinate

Matthew 12:4:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 12:4, 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 Matt.12.4.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.4.W17.S1) and character.