Mark 15:2:16Mark.15.2.W16TAB
λέγει
legei
“says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
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LE-gei
- sentence
KAI e-pê-RÔ-tê-sen au-TON ho pi-LA-tos SY EI ho ba-si-LEUS tÔN i-ou-da-I-ôn ho de a-po-kri-THEIS au-TÔI LE-gei SY LE-geis
Exegesis
The narrative formula ho de apokritheis autō legei {ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς αὐτῷ λέγει | ho dè a-po-kri-theís au-tô lé-gei} combines the participle apokritheis {ἀποκριθείς | a-po-kri-theís} with the present legei {λέγει | lé-gei}, a common idiom in narrative Greek that can convey a vivid, ongoing sense (“he answers and says”) while still referring to a single responsive act.
In context — Mark 15:2
And Pilate asked Him , “Are You the King of the Jews?” And answering, He said to him, “You say so.”
About this coordinate
Mark 15:2:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 15:2, 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.15.2.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.15.2.W16.S1) and character.