Mark 14:30:2Mark.14.30.W2TAB
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
KAI LE-gei au-TO ho ee-ay-SOOS a-MEN LE-gō soi HO-ti SY SÊ-me-ron TAU-tēi tēi nyk-TI prin hē dis a-LEK-to-ra phō-NÊ-sai tris me a-par-NÊ-sēi
Exegesis
The sentence begins with kai {καὶ | kaí} linking this saying to the immediate narrative context, followed by the historical present legei {λέγει | lé-gei}, which vividly presents the scene.
In context — Mark 14:30
And Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that you, today, in this very night, before a rooster crows twice, will deny Me three times.”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 14:30, 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.14.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.30.W2.S1) and character.