Mark 15:12:6Mark.15.12.W6TAB
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- was saying
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- sentence
ho de pi-LA-tos PA-lin a-po-kri-THEIS E-le-gen au-TOIS TEE oun THE-le-te poi-Ê-sô hon LE-ge-te ton ba-si-LE-a tôn i-ou-da-I-ÔN
Exegesis
The circumstantial participle apokritheis {ἀποκριθεὶς | a-po-kri-theìs} precedes the imperfect verb elegen {ἔλεγεν | é-le-gen}, a common narrative sequence signaling “having answered, he said.”
In context — Mark 15:12
But Pilate answered them again and was saying, “What then do you want me to do to the one whom you call the King of the Jews?”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 15:12, so the Greek word ἔλεγεν (elegen) 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.15.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.12.W6.S1) and character.