Mark 12:18:7Mark.12.18.W7TAB
λέγουσιν
legoosin
“they say”
- Transliteration
- LE-goo-sin
- Extended
- LEH-goo-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈle.goː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they say
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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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
LE-goo-sin
- sentence
KAI ER-khon-tai sad-dou-KAI-oi pros au-TON HOI-ti-nes LE-goo-sin a-NA-sta-sin MÊ EI-nai KAI e-pê-ROO-tôn au-ton LE-gon-tes
Exegesis
A defining relative clause hoitines legousin anastasin me einai {οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι | hoí-ti-nes lé-gou-sin a-nás-ta-sin mḗ eî-nai} 'who say resurrection not to be' describes their denial, rendered in English as “those who say there is no resurrection.”
In context — Mark 12:18
And the Sadducees came to Him , those who say there is no resurrection, and they were questioning Him, saying,
About this coordinate
Mark 12:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 12:18, so the Greek word λέγουσιν (legoosin) 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.12.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.18.W7.S1) and character.