Luke 5:21:9Luke.5.21.W9TAB
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 ÊR-ksan-to di-a-lo-GI-dze-sthai hoi gram-ma-TEIS KAI hoi pha-ri-SAIOI LE-gon-tes TIS ES-tin HOU-tos hos la-LEI blas-phê-MI-as TIS DY-na-tai ha-mar-TI-as a-PHEI-nai ei mê MO-nos ho the-OS
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | légontes} ‘saying’ introduces their direct speech and functions circumstantially, showing that their reasoning expresses itself in these questions.
In context — Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this one who speaks blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins except God alone?”
About this coordinate
Luke 5:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 5:21, 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.5.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.5.21.W9.S1) and character.