John 9:8:13John.9.8.W13TAB
ἔλεγον
elegon
“{They} were saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gon
- Extended
- EH-leh-gon
- 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 GEI-to-nes KAI hoi the-ô-ROUN-tes au-TON to PRO-te-ron HO-ti pro-SAI-tēs ÊN E-le-gon OUKH ou-TOS es-TIN ho ka-THÊ-me-nos KAI pro-sai-TÔN
Exegesis
The imperfect elegon {ἔλεγον | élegon} portrays repeated or ongoing speech rather than a single remark, which is why the English rendering uses an iterative sense such as “were saying” or “kept asking.”
Root and etymology
legolego
“to say, speak”
In context — John 9:8
Therefore the neighbors and the ones who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Could this be the man sitting and begging?”
About this coordinate
John 9:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of John 9:8, 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.9.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (John.9.8.W13.S1) and character.