Mark 16:3:2Mark.16.3.W2TAB
ἔλεγον
elegon
“they were saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gon
- Extended
- EH-leh-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were 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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gon
- sentence
KAI E-le-gon pros he-au-TAS TIS a-po-ky-LEE-sei hê-MEEN ton LI-thon ek TÊS THY-ras tou mnê-MEI-ou
Exegesis
The verb elegon {ἔλεγον | élegon} is in the imperfect, indicating an ongoing or repeated action, suggesting that the women were in the midst of a continuing conversation as they walked.
In context — Mark 16:3
And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 16:3, so the Greek word ἔλεγον (elegon) 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.16.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.16.3.W2.S1) and character.