Acts 18:13:1Acts.18.13.W1TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
LE-gon-tes HO-ti pa-RA ton NO-mon a-na-PEI-thei HOU-tos tous an-THRÔ-pous SE-bes-thai ton the-ON
Exegesis
The verse begins with the participle legontes {λέγοντες | lég-on-tes} ‘saying’ introducing the speaker’s action, followed by the conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’ signaling indirect speech.
In context — Acts 18:13
They were saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God in a way that is contrary to the law .”
About this coordinate
Acts 18:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 18:13, 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.18.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.13.W1.S1) and character.