Acts 27:10:1Acts.27.10.W1TAB
λέγων
legōn
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gōn
- Extended
- LEH-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈle.gɔːn/
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 | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gōn
- sentence
LE-gōn au-TOIS AN-dres the-ō-RO HO-ti me-TA HY-bre-ōs KAI pol-LÊS dzē-MI-as ou MO-non tou phor-TI-ou KAI tou ploi-ou al-LA KAI tōn psy-KHŌN hê-MON MEL-lein E-ses-thai ton ploûn
Exegesis
The participial phrase legon {λέγων | lég-ōn} “saying” with the dative autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} “to them” frames a reported speech construction.
In context — Acts 27:10
He said to them, “Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to involve hardship and great loss—not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives .”
About this coordinate
Acts 27:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Acts 27:10, so the Greek word λέγων (legōn) 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.27.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.10.W1.S1) and character.