Mark 3:21:9Mark.3.21.W9PAT
ἔλεγον
elegon
“they were saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gon
- Extended
- EH-leh-gohn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were saying
- French
- ils disaient
- Spanish
- decían
- Portuguese
- diziam
- German
- sie sagten
- Russian
- они говорили
- Arabic-Simplified
- كانوا يقولون
- Hindi
- वे कह रहे थे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们说
- Korean
- 그들은 말하고 있었다
- Indonesian
- mereka berkata
- Bengali
- তারা বলছিল
- Tagalog
- sinasabi nila
- Swahili
- walikuwa wakisema
- Amharic
- እያሉ ነበር
- Yoruba
- wọ́n ń sọ
- Igbo
- ha na-ekwu
- Twi
- wɔreka
- Ewe
- wogblɔ
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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gon
- phraseyour reading level
E-le-gon GAR HO-ti ek-SE-stê
- sentence
KAI a-KOO-san-tes hoi par au-TOO ek-SÊL-thon kra-TÊ-sai au-TON E-le-gon GAR HO-ti ek-SE-stê
In context — Mark 3:21
and having heard those from him they went out to seize him they were saying for that he was out of his mind
About this coordinate
Mark 3:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 3:21, so the Greek word ἔλεγον (elegon) 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.3.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.3.21.W9.S1) and character.