Mark 6:4:2Mark.6.4.W2TAB
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“he was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he 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
KAI E-le-gen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti ouk ES-tin pro-PHÊ-tês A-ti-mos ei mê en têi pa-TRI-di au-TOU KAI en tois syng-ge-NEU-sin au-TOU KAI en têi oi-KI-a au-TOU
Exegesis
The narrative continues with kai {καὶ | kaì} ‘and’ linking this saying to the preceding rejection scene, followed by elegen {ἔλεγεν | élēgen} ‘he was saying’, an imperfect indicative that can suggest iterative or customary speech, presenting the statement as a proverbial observation.
Root and etymology
legolambda–epsilon–gamma–omega
“to say, speak, proclaim”
In context — Mark 6:4
And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his homeland and among his relatives and in his own house.”
About this coordinate
Mark 6:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 6:4, 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.6.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.4.W2.S1) and character.