Matthew 18:22:1Matt.18.22.W1TAB
λέγει
leyei
“{He} says”
- Transliteration
- LE-yei
- Extended
- LE-yei
- IPA
- /ˈle.ʝiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {He} says
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
LE-yei
- clause
LE-yei au-TÔI HO ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
LE-yei au-TÔI HO ee-ay-SOOS oo LE-gô soi HE-ôs hep-TA-kis al-LA HE-ôs heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis hep-TA
Exegesis
The verse employs the historical present legei {λέγει | lé-gei} to vividly frame the dialogue, followed by the dative pronoun autō {αὐτῷ | au-tô} marking the indirect object and then the explicit subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs}, producing a verb–indirect object–subject sequence that keeps focus on the act of speaking before naming the speaker.
In context — Matthew 18:22
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ‘up to seven times ,’ but up to seventy times seven.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 18:22, so the Greek word λέγει (leyei) 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 Matt.18.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.22.W1.S1) and character.