Matthew 16:15:8Matt.16.15.W8PAT
εἶναι;
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EI-nai
- IPA
- /ˈiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
- French
- être
- Spanish
- ser
- Portuguese
- ser
- German
- zu sein
- Russian
- быть
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يكون
- Hindi
- होना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 되다
- Indonesian
- menjadi
- Bengali
- হওয়া
- Tagalog
- maging
- Swahili
- kuwa
- Amharic
- መሆን
- Yoruba
- lati jẹ
- Igbo
- ịbụ
- Twi
- yɛ
- Ewe
- be
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
εἶ + ναι;
↓
ei + nai
↓
einai
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
EI-nai
- clause
hy-MEIS de TEE-na me LE-ge-te EI-nai
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOIS hy-MEIS de TEE-na me LE-ge-te EI-nai
In context — Matthew 16:15
he says to them you but whom me {you} say to be
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 16:15, 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.16.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.15.W8.S1) and character.