Luke 20:21:4Luke.20.21.W4TAB
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 e-pê-RO-tê-san au-TON LE-gon-tes di-DAS-ka-le OI-da-men HO-ti or-THÔS LE-geis KAI di-DAS-keis KAI ou lam-BA-neis PRO-sô-pon al ep a-lê-THEI-as tên ho-DON tou the-OU di-DAS-keis
Exegesis
The aorist verb epērōtēsan {ἐπηρώτησαν | epērṓtēsan} ‘they asked’ takes the accusative auton {αὐτὸν | autòn} ‘him’ as its object, followed by the circumstantial participle legontes {λέγοντες | légontes} ‘saying’, which introduces the direct discourse.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–nu–tau–iota–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to speak against, contradict”
In context — Luke 20:21
And they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that you speak rightly and teach, and you do not show partiality , but in truth you teach the way of God .”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 20:21, 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.20.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.21.W4.S1) and character.