John 10:41:7John.10.41.W7TAB
ἔλεγον
elegon
“they were saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gon
- Extended
- EH-leh-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gon
- sentence
KAI pol-LOI ÊL-thon PROS au-TON KAI E-le-gon HO-ti i-ô-AN-nês MEN sê-MEI-on e-POI-Ê-sen oo-DEN PAN-ta DE HO-sa EI-pen i-ô-AN-nês pe-RI TOO-too a-lê-THÊ ÊN
Exegesis
A second kai {καὶ | kaí} joins the speech clause, while elegon {ἔλεγον | é-le-gon} ‘they were saying’ shifts to the imperfect, portraying repeated or ongoing report rather than a single utterance.
Root and etymology
legolambda epsilon gamma omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 10:41
And many came to Him , and they were saying, “John indeed performed no sign , but everything that John said about this man was true.”
About this coordinate
John 10:41:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 10:41, 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 John.10.41.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.10.41.W7.S1) and character.