Mark 6:16:5Mark.6.16.W5TAB
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- was saying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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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The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- sentence
a-KOU-sas de ho hê-ROH-dês E-le-gen HON e-GO a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa i-ô-AN-nên HOU-tos ê-GER-thê
Exegesis
The imperfect verb elegen {ἔλεγεν | é-le-gen} ‘he was saying’ portrays Herod’s statement as either repeated or characteristic comment in response to the news, rather than a single isolated utterance. The direct discourse is introduced without a verb of saying inside the quotation, because elegen already covers this function.
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak, proclaim”
In context — Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised up .”
About this coordinate
Mark 6:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 6:16, 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.6.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.16.W5.S1) and character.