Matthew 4:18:25Matt.4.18.W25PAT

ἦσαν

êsan

they were

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

Meaning by language

English
they were
French
ils étaient
Spanish
eran
Portuguese
eram
German
sie waren
Russian
они были
Arabic-Simplified
كانوا
Hindi
वे थे
Chinese-Simplified
他们是
Korean
그들은 이었다
Indonesian
mereka adalah
Bengali
তারা ছিল
Tagalog
sila ay
Swahili
walikuwa
Amharic
ነበሩ
Yoruba
wọ́n wà
Igbo
ha bụ
Twi
wɔyɛ
Ewe
wònye

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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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  1. word

    Ê-san

  2. phraseyour reading level

    Ê-san gar ha-li-EIS

  3. sentence

    pe-ri-pa-TÔN de pa-RA tên THA-las-san tês ga-li-LAI-as EI-den DY-o a-del-PHOUS SI-mo-na ton le-GO-me-non PE-tron kai an-DRE-an ton a-del-PHON au-TOU BAL-lon-tas am-PHI-blÊ-stron eis tên THA-las-san Ê-san gar ha-li-EIS

In contextMatthew 4:18

walking and beside the sea of the Galilee he saw two brothers Simon the being called Peter and Andrew the brother of him casting a net into the sea they were for fishermen

About this coordinate

Matthew 4:18:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Matthew 4:18, 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.4.18.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.4.18.W25.S1) and character.