Mark 13:6:7Mark.13.6.W7TAB
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
pol-LOI e-LEU-so(n)-tai e-PI tôi o-NO-ma-TI mou LE-gon-tes HO-ti e-GÔ EI-mi KAI pol-LOUS pla-NÊ-sou-sin
Exegesis
The circumstantial participle legontes {λέγοντες | légontes} ‘saying’ is nominative masculine plural and agrees with polloi, introducing the content of their claim via the conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti}, which marks indirect discourse: egō eimi {Ἐγώ εἰμι | Egṓ eimí} ‘I am.’ The use of the emphatic pronoun egō heightens the pretension of these claimants, echoing patterns of self-identification that properly belong to the true Christ.
In context — Mark 13:6
Many will come in My name, saying, “I am He,” and they will deceive many.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 13:6, 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.13.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.6.W7.S1) and character.