Mark 3:22:8Mark.3.22.W8TAB
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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Word in context
- word
E-le-gon
- sentence
KAI hoi gram-ma-TEIS hoi a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn ka-ta-BAN-tes E-le-gon HO-ti be-el-dze-BOUL E-khei KAI HO-ti en tō AR-khon-ti tōn dai-mo-NI-ōn ek-BAL-lei ta dai-MO-ni-a
Exegesis
The imperfect verb elegon {ἔλεγον | élegon} portrays the accusation as repeated or ongoing rather than a single remark.
In context — Mark 3:22
And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem kept saying, “He has Beelzeboul, and by the ruler of the demons He is casting out the demons.”
About this coordinate
Mark 3:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 3:22, 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.3.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.22.W8.S1) and character.