Luke 3:7:1Luke.3.7.W1PAT
Ἔλεγεν
elegen
“He was speaking”
- Transliteration
- E-le-GEN
- Extended
- EH-leh-GEN
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.ɣʲen/
Meaning by language
- English
- He was speaking
- French
- Il parlait
- Spanish
- Hablaba
- Portuguese
- Falava
- German
- Er sprach
- Russian
- Он говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يتكلم
- Hindi
- वह बोल रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 그는 말하고 있었다
- Indonesian
- Ia berbicara
- Bengali
- সে বলছিল
- Tagalog
- Nagsasalita siya
- Swahili
- Alikuwa akisema
- Amharic
- ይናገር ነበር
- Yoruba
- Ó ń sọ̀
- Igbo
- Ọ na-ekwu
- Twi
- ɔrekasa
- Ewe
- Ewɔ
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-GEN
- clause
E-le-GEN OON TOIS ek-po-reu-o-ME-nois O-KHLOIS bap-tis-THÊ-nai hyp au-TOO
- sentence
E-le-GEN OON TOIS ek-po-reu-o-ME-nois O-KHLOIS bap-tis-THÊ-nai hyp au-TOO ge-NNÊ-ma-ta e-KHID-NÔN TIS hy-PE-DEIK-SEN hy-MIN phy-GEIN a-PO TÊS mel-LOU-sês or-GÊS
In context — Luke 3:7
He was speaking therefore to the emerging crowds to be baptized by him offspring of vipers who alerted you to flee from the impending wrath
About this coordinate
Luke 3:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 3:7, 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 Luke.3.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.3.7.W1.S1) and character.