Acts 24:10:9Acts.24.10.W9TAB
λέγειν·
legein
“to speak”
- Transliteration
- LE-gein
- Extended
- LEH-gein
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei̯n/
Meaning by language
- English
- to speak
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gein
- clause
a-pe-KRI-thê te ho PAU-los NEU-san-tos au-TOI tou hê-ge-MO-nos LE-gein
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê te ho PAU-los NEU-san-tos au-TOI tou hê-ge-MO-nos LE-gein ek pol-LON e-TON ON-ta se kri-TÊN tôi ETH-nei TOU-tôi e-pi-STA-me-nos eu-THY-môs ta pe-RI e-mau-TOU a-po-lo-GOU-mai
Exegesis
A temporal genitive absolute, neusantos autō tou hēgemonos legein {νεύσαντος αὐτῷ τοῦ ἡγεμόνος λέγειν | neu-san-tos au-tō tou hē-ge-mo-nos lé-gein}, establishes when Paul was permitted to speak, with the participle neusantos {νεύσαντος | neu-san-tos} and its genitive subject tou hēgemonos {τοῦ ἡγεμόνος | tou hē-ge-mo-nos} and the infinitive legein {λέγειν | lé-gein} indicating purpose.
In context — Acts 24:10
And Paul, after the governor had signaled to him to speak, answered, “Since I understand that you have served as a judge over this nation for many years, I respond for myself all the more readily.”
About this coordinate
Acts 24:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 24:10, so the Greek word λέγειν· (legein) 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.24.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.10.W9.S1) and character.