Matthew 16:13:20Matt.16.13.W20PAT

εἶναι

einai

to be

Transliteration
EI-nai
Extended
EI-nai
IPA
/ˈei.nai/

Meaning by language

English
to be
French
être
Spanish
ser
Portuguese
ser
German
sein
Russian
быть
Arabic-Simplified
أن يكون
Hindi
होना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
되다
Indonesian
menjadi
Bengali
হতে
Tagalog
maging
Swahili
kuwa
Amharic
መሆን
Yoruba
lati jẹ
Igbo
ịnọ
Twi
Ewe
ɖe

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
εἶ + ναι
ei + nai
einai

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    EI-nai

  2. clause

    TI-na LE-gou-sin hoi AN-thrô-poi EI-nai TON hyi-ON TOU an-THRÔ-pou

  3. sentence

    el-THÔN DE ho ee-ay-SOOS eis TA ME-rê kai-sa-REI-as TÊS phi-LIP-pou ê-RÔ-ta TOUS ma-thê-TAS au-TOU LE-gôn TI-na LE-gou-sin hoi AN-thrô-poi EI-nai TON hyi-ON TOU an-THRÔ-pou

In contextMatthew 16:13

having come and {the} Jesus into the districts Caesarea {of the} Philip {He} was asking the disciples his saying whom {they} say the people to be the son of the man

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Matthew 16:13, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.16.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.13.W20.S1) and character.