John 9:2:7John.9.2.W7TAB
λέγοντες
legontes
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gon-tes
- Extended
- LEH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈle.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI HÊ-RÔ-tê-san au-TON hoi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU LE-gon-tes rhab-BI TIS HÊ-mar-ten OO-tos Ê hoi go-NEIS au-TOU HI-na ty-PHLOS gen-nê-THÊ
Exegesis
Legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} ‘saying’ introduces direct speech in a standard reporting pattern.
In context — John 9:2
And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, whose sin lay behind this—this man’s or his parents’—that he was born blind ?”
About this coordinate
John 9:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of John 9:2, so the Greek word λέγοντες (legontes) 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.9.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.2.W7.S1) and character.