Matthew 24:38:3Matt.24.38.W3PAT

ἦσαν

êsan

they were

Transliteration
Ê-san
Extended
ÊH-sahn
IPA
/ˈɛː.san/

Meaning by language

English
they were
French
ils étaient
Spanish
estaban
Portuguese
estavam
German
sie waren
Russian
они были
Arabic-Simplified
كانوا
Hindi
वे थे
Chinese-Simplified
他们在
Korean
그들은 있었다
Indonesian
mereka sedang
Bengali
ছিল
Tagalog
sila ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
wọn wà
Igbo
ha nọ
Twi
wɔwɔ
Ewe
wo le

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Result
ἦ + σαν
ê + san
êsan

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ê-san

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HŌS GAR Ê-san en TAIS hê-ME-rais TAIS PRO TOU ka-ta-kly-SMOU TRŌ-gon-tes KAI PI-non-tes

  3. sentence

    HŌS GAR Ê-san en TAIS hê-ME-rais TAIS PRO TOU ka-ta-kly-SMOU TRŌ-gon-tes KAI PI-non-tes ga-MOON-tes KAI ga-MI-dzon-tes A-khri HÊS hê-ME-ras ei-SÊL-then NŌ-e EIS tên ki-bō-TON

In contextMatthew 24:38

as for they were in the days the before the flood eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage until which day entered Noah into the ark

About this coordinate

Matthew 24:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 24:38, 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.24.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.38.W3.S1) and character.