Acts 19:13:22Acts.19.13.W22TAB
λέγοντες
legontes
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gon-tes
- Extended
- LEH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈle.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
e-pe-KHEE-rê-san de TI-nes KAI tôn pe-ri-er-kho-ME-nôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ek-sor-ki-STÔN o-no-MA-dzein e-PI tous E-khon-tas ta PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO LE-gon-tes hor-KI-dzô hy-MAS ton ee-ay-SOON hon PAU-los kê-RYSS-sei
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} introduces the content of their attempt as direct speech, functioning circumstantially (“as they were saying”).
In context — Acts 19:13
But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:13:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of Acts 19:13, 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.19.13.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.13.W22.S1) and character.