Mark 15:14:4Mark.15.14.W4TAB
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 E-le-gen au-TOIS TI gar e-POI-ee-sen ka-KON hoi de pe-ris-SÔS E-kra-ksan STAU-rô-son au-TON
Exegesis
The verse begins with the subject–verb–indirect object sequence ho de Pilatos elegen autois {ὁ δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς | ho dè Pi-lâ-tos é-le-gen au-toîs}, where the postpositive de marks a contrast with the preceding narrative and the imperfect elegen portrays Pilate’s question as repeated or ongoing.
In context — Mark 15:14
But Pilate was saying to them, “Why? What evil has this man done?” But they cried out all the more , “Crucify him!”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 15:14, 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.15.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.14.W4.S1) and character.