Acts 22:7:9Acts.22.7.W9TAB
λεγούσης
legousês
“saying”
- Transliteration
- le-GOU-sês
- Extended
- leh-GOO-sehs
- IPA
- /leˈguː.sɛːs/
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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
le-GOU-sês
- sentence
E-pe-SA te eis to E-da-phos KAI Ê-kou-sa phō-NÊS le-GOU-sês moi sa-OUL sa-OUL TI me di-Ō-keis
Exegesis
The genitive phrase phones legousēs {φωνῆς λεγούσης | phōnēs legoúsēs} ‘a voice saying’ employs a participle modifying φωνῆς to convey continuous speech.
In context — Acts 22:7
And I fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 22:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 22:7, so the Greek word λεγούσης (legousês) 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.22.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.7.W9.S1) and character.