Mark 9:11:4Mark.9.11.W4TAB
λέγοντες
legontes
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gon-tes
- Extended
- LEH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈle.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI e-pê-RO-tôn au-TON LE-gon-tes HO-ti LE-gou-sin hoi gram-ma-TEIS HO-ti ê-LEI-an DEI el-THEIN PRÔ-ton
Exegesis
The object auton {αὐτὸν | autón} identifies the recipient of the questioning, while the participle legontes {λέγοντες | lég-on-tes} ‘saying’ functions as a supplementary participle that introduces the content of their inquiry.
In context — Mark 9:11
And they were asking Him , saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
About this coordinate
Mark 9:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 9:11, so the Greek word λέγοντες (legontes) 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.9.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.9.11.W4.S1) and character.