Acts 2:7:5Acts.2.7.W5TAB
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
ek-HIS-tan-to de KAI e-THAU-ma-zon LE-gon-tes OUKH i-DOU PAN-tes hou-TOI EI-sin hoi la-LOUN-tes ga-li-LAI-oi
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | légontes} ‘saying’ links these narrative verbs to the following direct quotation.
In context — Acts 2:7
And they were amazed and astonished, saying, “Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 2:7, 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.2.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.7.W5.S1) and character.