2 Peter 3:4:22 Pet.3.4.W2TAB

λέγοντες

legontes

saying

Transliteration
LE-gon-tes
Extended
LEH-gohn-tehs
IPA
/ˈle.gon.tes/

Meaning by language

English
saying

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Result
λέ + γον + τες
le + gon + tes
legontes

Alphabet Analysis

Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    LE-gon-tes

  2. sentence

    kai LE-gon-tes POU ES-tin hê e-pan-ge-LI-a tês pa-rou-SI-as au-TOU aph hês gar hoi pa-TE-res e-koi-MÊ-thê-san PAN-ta HOU-tôs di-a-ME-nei ap ar-KHÊS KTI-se-ôs

Exegesis

The verse begins with the participial phrase kai legontes {καὶ λέγοντες | kaí légontes} ‘and saying’, which connects to the preceding context and introduces the scoffers’ challenge.

In context2 Peter 3:4

And they say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For from the time the fathers fell asleep, all things continue just as they have from the beginning of creation.”

About this coordinate

2 Peter 3:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Peter 3:4, so the Greek word λέγοντες (legontes) 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 2 Pet.3.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Pet.3.4.W2.S1) and character.