Acts 14:15:2Acts.14.15.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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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI LE-gon-tes AN-dres TI TAU-ta poi-EI-te KAI hê-MEIS ho-moi-o-pa-THEIS ES-men hy-MEIN AN-thrô-poi eu-ang-ge-li-ZO-me-noi hy-MAS a-PO TOU-tôn tôn ma-TAI-ôn e-pi-STRE-phein e-PI the-ON ZÔN-ta hos e-POI-ê-sen ton ou-ra-NON KAI tên gên KAI tên THA-las-san KAI PAN-ta ta en au-TOIS
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | lég-on-tes} ‘saying’ links this speech to the prior narrative and functions circumstantially with an implied finite verb, effectively introducing the direct discourse.
In context — Acts 14:15
And they said, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are humans of like nature with you, bringing good news to you so that you turn from these vain things to the living God , who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them.”
About this coordinate
Acts 14:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 14:15, 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 Acts.14.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.15.W2.S1) and character.