John 4:25:1John.4.25.W1TAB
λέγει
legei
“{She} says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.ɡiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {She} says
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOI hê gy-NÊ OI-da HO-ti me-SI-as ER-khe-tai ho le-GO-me-nos khree-STOS HO-tan EL-thêi e-KEI-nos a-nang-ge-LEI hê-MIN HA-pan-ta
Exegesis
The verse begins with the historical present legei {λέγει | lé-gei} followed by the indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | au-tō}, then the explicit subject hē gynē {ἡ γυνή | hē gy-nē}, yielding the narrative frame “the woman said to Him.”
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak”
In context — John 4:25
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming—the One called Christ . When He comes, that One will tell us all things.”
About this coordinate
John 4:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 4:25, so the Greek word λέγει (legei) 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.4.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.4.25.W1.S1) and character.