Luke 19:7:5Luke.19.7.W5TAB
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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Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI i-DON-tes PAN-tes di-e-GON-gyu-zon LE-gon-tes HO-ti pa-RA ha-mar-tô-LO an-DRI ei-SÊL-then ka-ta-LY-sai
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} ‘saying’ introduces the specific content of that murmuring, which is marked by the conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’ as reported speech.
In context — Luke 19:7
And when they saw it, all of them grumbled, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner .”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 19:7, 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 Luke.19.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.7.W5.S1) and character.