Mark 10:18:8Mark.10.18.W8TAB
λέγεις
legeis
“you call”
- Transliteration
- LE-geis
- Extended
- LEH-geis
- IPA
- /ˈle.ɣeis/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
LE-geis
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOI TI me LE-geis a-ga-THON ou-de-EIS a-ga-THOS ei MÊ heis ho the-OS
Exegesis
The direct discourse opens with the interrogative ti {Τί | tí} placed first for emphasis, forming a rhetorical question with the object me {με | mé} and the present indicative legeis {λέγεις | lé-geis}, so that ti me legeis ‘Why do you call Me’ foregrounds the addressee’s evaluative language.
In context — Mark 10:18
But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One—that is, God .”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 10:18, 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 Mark.10.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.18.W8.S1) and character.