John 12:29:8John.12.29.W8TAB
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- was 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- sentence
ho OON O-khlos ho he-STÔS KAI a-KOU-sas E-le-gen bro-TEEN ge-go-NE-nai AL-loi E-le-gon AN-ge-los au-TÔI le-LA-lê-ken
Exegesis
The imperfect elegen {ἔλεγεν | é-le-gen} introduces the first reported reaction, with the infinitival clause bronten gegonenai {βροντὴν γεγονέναι | bron-tḕn ge-go-né-nai} functioning as its content: “that thunder had happened,” a perception of the voice as a natural phenomenon.
In context — John 12:29
Therefore the crowd that was standing there and heard it was saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “An angel has spoken to Him .”
About this coordinate
John 12:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 12:29, so the Greek word ἔλεγεν (elegen) 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.12.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.12.29.W8.S1) and character.