John 6:14:8John.6.14.W8TAB
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
- sentence
hoi oun AN-thrô-poi i-DON-tes ho e-POI-ê-sen sê-MEI-on E-le-gon HO-ti hou-TOS ES-tin a-lê-THÔS ho pro-PHÊ-tês ho er-KHO-me-nos eis ton KOS-mon
Exegesis
The aorist participle idontes {ἰδόντες | i-dón-tes} “having seen” is adverbial and circumstantial, expressing the prior action that provides the basis for the main imperfect verb elegon {ἔλεγον | é-le-gon} “they were saying.”
In context — John 6:14
Therefore the people, having seen the sign that He had done, were saying, “This is truly the Prophet who is coming into the world.”
About this coordinate
John 6:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of John 6:14, 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.6.14.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (John.6.14.W8.S1) and character.