Acts 17:7:14Acts.17.7.W14TAB
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
hous hy-po-DE-dek-tai i-A-sōn kai HOU-toi PAN-tes a-PE-nan-ti tôn dog-MA-tōn KAI-sa-ros PRAS-sou-si ba-si-LE-a HE-te-ron LE-gon-tes EI-nai ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The accusative phrase basilea heteron {βασιλέα ἕτερον | ba-si-lé-a hé-te-ron} functions as the predicate accusative within the content clause introduced by the participial construction legontes einai Iesoun {λέγοντες εἶναι Ἰησοῦν | lé-gon-tes eî-nai Iē-soûn}, “saying that Jesus is another king.”
In context — Acts 17:7
Whom Jason has received, and these all are acting against the decrees of Caesar , saying there is another king, Jesus .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:7:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Acts 17:7, 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.17.7.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.7.W14.S1) and character.