Mark 12:37:3Mark.12.37.W3TAB
λέγει
legei
“calls”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei/
Meaning by language
- English
- calls
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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
au-TOS da-VEID LE-gei au-TON KY-ree-on KAI PO-then au-TOU ES-tin hy-OS KAI ho po-LYS OKH-los Ê-kou-en au-TOU hê-DE-ôs
Exegesis
The verb legei {λέγει | lé-gei} is present tense, a historical present that presents Scripture as speaking in an ongoing way.
The clause autos Dauid legei auton kyrion {αὐτός Δαυίδ λέγει αὐτὸν κύριον | autós Dauíd lé-gei autón ký-ri-on} has David as subject and the pronoun auton as the object, with kyrion functioning as a predicate accusative, “he calls him Lord.”
In context — Mark 12:37
David himself calls Him Lord , so how is He his Son? And the great crowd was listening to Him with delight.
About this coordinate
Mark 12:37:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 12:37, 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.12.37.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.37.W3.S1) and character.