Luke 20:5:6Luke.20.5.W6TAB
λέγοντες
legontes
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gon-tes
- Extended
- LEH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈle.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
hoi DE sy-ne-lo-GI-san-to pros he-au-TOUS LE-gon-tes HO-ti e-AN EI-pô-men eks ou-ra-NOU e-REI di-A TI ouk e-pi-STEÜ-sa-te au-TOI
Exegesis
The participle λέγοντες {λέγοντες | lég-ontes} introduces the content of their reasoning, followed by ὅτι {ὅτι | hó-ti}, marking a content clause that consists of a conditional sentence and its projected consequence.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–nu–tau–iota–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to speak against, contradict”
In context — Luke 20:5
But they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 20:5, 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.20.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.5.W6.S1) and character.