Luke 16:5:10Luke.16.5.W10TAB
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“he was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- sentence
KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos HE-na HE-kas-ton tôn khre-o-phei-le-TÔN tou ky-REE-ou he-au-TOU E-le-gen tôi PRÔ-tôi PO-son o-PHEI-leis tôi ky-REE-ôi mou
Exegesis
The opening participle proskalesamenos {προσκαλεσάμενος | pros-ka-le-sá-me-nos} ‘having called to himself’ is an aorist circumstantial participle that provides prior background action to the imperfect main verb elegen {ἔλεγεν | é-le-gen} ‘he was saying’, producing a narrative sequence in which the steward first gathers the debtors, then addresses them sequentially.
In context — Luke 16:5
And he summoned to himself each of his master’s debtors , one by one, and he said to the first , “How much do you owe my master?”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word ἔλεγεν (elegen) 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 Luke.16.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W10.S1) and character.