Matthew 2:9:23Matt.2.9.W23PAT
ἦν
ên
“was”
- Transliteration
- ÊN
- Extended
- ÊN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- was
- French
- était
- Spanish
- estaba
- Portuguese
- estava
- German
- war
- Russian
- был
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان
- Hindi
- था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 是
- Korean
- 있었다
- Indonesian
- ada
- Bengali
- ছিল
- Tagalog
- ay
- Swahili
- ilikuwa
- Amharic
- ነበር
- Yoruba
- wà
- Igbo
- nọ
- Twi
- wɔ
- Ewe
- le
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊN
- phraseyour reading level
HE-ôs el-THÔN e-STA-thê e-PA-nô HOU ÊN TO pai-DI-on
- sentence
HOI DE a-KOU-san-tes TOU ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san KAI i-DOU HO a-STÊR HON EI-don en TÊI a-na-to-LÊI pro-Ê-gen au-TOUS HE-ôs el-THÔN e-STA-thê e-PA-nô HOU ÊN TO pai-DI-on
In context — Matthew 2:9
and those having heard of the king they went and behold the star which they saw in the east was going before them until having come stood over where was the child
About this coordinate
Matthew 2:9:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 2:9, 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.2.9.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.9.W23.S1) and character.