Acts 19:28:8Acts.19.28.W8TAB
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
a-KOU-san-tes DE KAI ge-NO-me-noi PLÊ-rēs thy-MOU E-kra-zon LE-gon-tes me-GA-lê hē AR-te-mis e-phe-SI-ōn
Exegesis
The imperfect main verb ekrazon {ἔκραζον | é-kra-zon} ‘they were crying out’ portrays continuous, repeated shouting, while the attendant circumstance participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} ‘saying’ introduces the specific content of the uproar.
In context — Acts 19:28
But when they heard this, and had become full of wrath , they began crying out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 19:28, 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.19.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.28.W8.S1) and character.