Luke 18:19:8Luke.18.19.W8TAB
λέγεις
legeis
“do you call”
- Transliteration
- LE-geis
- Extended
- LEH-geis
- IPA
- /ˈle.gis/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you call
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-geis
- sentence
EI-pen de au-TOI ho ee-ay-SOOS TI me LE-geis a-ga-THON ou-DEIS a-ga-THOS ei mê heis ho the-OS
Exegesis
The direct discourse opens with the interrogative ti {Τί | Tí}, functioning adverbially with the verb legeis {λέγεις | lé-geis} and the object me {με | me}, forming the question “Why do you call Me…?”
Root and etymology
henepsilon with rough breathing–nu
“one”
In context — Luke 18:19
But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except one, God .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 18:19, so the Greek word λέγεις (legeis) 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.18.19.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.19.W8.S1) and character.