Acts 28:6:24Acts.28.6.W24TAB
ἔλεγον
elegon
“they were saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gon
- Extended
- EH-leh-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were saying
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
E-le-gon
- phraseyour reading level
me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON
- sentence
hoi de pros-do-KON au-TON MEL-lein PIM-pras-thai ê ka-ta-PIP-tein AF-nô ne-KRON e-PI pol-LÊN de au-TÔN pros-do-KON-ton KAI the-ô-ROU-ntôn mê-DEN A-to-pon eis au-TON gi-NO-me-non me-ta-ba-LO-me-noi E-le-gon au-TON EI-nai the-ON
Exegesis
The nominative aorist middle participle metaballomenoi {μεταβαλόμενοι | me-ta-ba-ló-me-noi} ‘having changed’ then marks a decisive shift of stance by the same subject group, leading to the imperfect elegon {ἔλεγον | é-le-gon} ‘they were saying,’ which presents their new evaluation as repeated or widespread speech.
In context — Acts 28:6
But they were expecting him to be about to swell up, or suddenly to fall down dead; and after a long expectation from them, as they were observing nothing unusual happening to him, having changed, they were saying that he was a god .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:6:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 28:6, so the Greek word ἔλεγον (elegon) 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.28.6.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.6.W24.S1) and character.