Matthew 12:40:3Matt.12.40.W3PAT

ἦν

ên

was

Transliteration
ÊN
Extended
ÊN
IPA
/ˈɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
was
French
était
Spanish
era
Portuguese
era
German
war
Russian
был
Arabic-Simplified
كان
Hindi
था
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
이었다
Indonesian
ada
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
ay
Swahili
ilikuwa
Amharic
ነበረ
Yoruba
Igbo
dị
Twi
Ewe
le

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HÔS-per GAR ÊN i-o-NAS en TÊ koi-LI-a TOO KÊ-toos TREIS hê-ME-ras KAI TREIS NYK-tas

  3. sentence

    HÔS-per GAR ÊN i-o-NAS en TÊ koi-LI-a TOO KÊ-toos TREIS hê-ME-ras KAI TREIS NYK-tas HOU-tôs ES-tai ho hyi-OS TOO an-THRÔ-pou en TÊ kar-DI-a TÊS GÊS TREIS hê-ME-ras KAI TREIS NYK-tas

In contextMatthew 12:40

just as for was Jonah in the belly of the sea creature three days and three nights so will be the Son of Man in the heart of the earth three days and three nights

About this coordinate

Matthew 12:40:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 12:40, 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.12.40.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.40.W3.S1) and character.