Acts 14:18:3Acts.14.18.W3TAB
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 TAU-ta LE-gon-tes MO-lis ka-TE-pau-san tous O-khlous tou MÊ THY-ein au-TOIS
Exegesis
The participial phrase tauta legontes {ταῦτα λέγοντες | taû-ta lé-gon-tes} functions temporally and circumstantially, “as they were saying these things,” indicating that the attempt to restrain the people happened concurrently with their words.
In context — Acts 14:18
And as they were saying these things, they scarcely restrained the crowds from sacrificing to them.
About this coordinate
Acts 14:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 14:18, 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.14.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.18.W3.S1) and character.