Matthew 15:38:4Matt.15.38.W4PAT
ἦσαν
êsan
“were”
- Transliteration
- Ê-san
- Extended
- Ê-san
- IPA
- /ˈɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- were
- French
- étaient
- Spanish
- eran
- Portuguese
- eram
- German
- waren
- Russian
- были
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا
- Hindi
- थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 이었다
- Indonesian
- adalah
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- walikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበሩ
- Yoruba
- ni
- Igbo
- bụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- nye
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
ἦ + σαν
↓
ê + san
↓
êsan
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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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
Ê-san
- sentence
HOI DE es-THI-on-tes Ê-san te-tra-kis-KHI-li-oi AN-dres khô-RIS gy-nai-KÔN KAI pai-DI-ōn
In context — Matthew 15:38
those {and} who ate were four thousand men besides women and children
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:38, 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 Matt.15.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.38.W4.S1) and character.