John 8:25:1John.8.25.W1TAB
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
E-le-gon OON au-TOI SY TEES EI EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS TÊN ar-KHÊN HO ti KAI la-LO hy-MEEN
Exegesis
The verse opens with elegon {ἔλεγον | élegon} ‘they were saying’, an imperfect indicative that portrays an ongoing or repeated questioning, linked with the inferential conjunction oun {οὖν | oûn} ‘therefore/then’ to indicate that this question follows logically from the preceding discourse.
In context — John 8:25
So they were saying to Him , “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What I have been telling you from the beginning .”
About this coordinate
John 8:25:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of John 8:25, 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.8.25.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (John.8.25.W1.S1) and character.