Mark 12:16:5Mark.12.16.W5TAB
λέγει
legei
“he says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei/
Meaning by language
- English
- he says
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- sentence
hoi de Ê-nen-gan kai LE-gei au-TOIS TI-nos hê ei-KÔN HAU-tê kai hê e-pi-gra-PHÊ hoi de EI-pan au-TÔI KAI-sa-ros
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} then links to a historical present, legei {λέγει | lé-gei}, which introduces vivid direct speech, with the indirect object autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} “to them.”
In context — Mark 12:16
And they brought it, and He said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription is it?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 12:16, so the Greek word λέγει (legei) 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.12.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.16.W5.S1) and character.