Mark 10:26:5Mark.10.26.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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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
hoi de pe-ris-SÔS ek-se-PLÊS-son-to LE-gon-tes pros he-au-TOUS KAI TEES DY-na-tai sô-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
The participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} serves as a circumstantial participle introducing internal dialogue.
In context — Mark 10:26
But they were exceedingly astonished, saying to themselves, “And who is able to be saved ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 10:26, 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 Mark.10.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.26.W5.S1) and character.