Mark 4:2:8Mark.4.2.W8PAT
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“he was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- E-le-gen
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was saying
- French
- il disait
- Spanish
- decía
- Portuguese
- dizia
- German
- sagte
- Russian
- говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يقول
- Hindi
- कह रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하고 있었다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলছিলেন
- Tagalog
- nagsasabi
- Swahili
- alikuwa akisema
- Amharic
- ይናገር ነበር
- Yoruba
- ó ń wí
- Igbo
- ọ na-ekwu
- Twi
- ɔreka
- Ewe
- e nɔ gblɔ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
ἔ + λε + γεν
↓
e + le + gen
↓
elegen
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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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- phraseyour reading level
pol-LA KAI E-le-gen au-TOIS en TÊI di-da-KHÊI au-TOU
- sentence
KAI e-DI-das-ken au-TOOS en pa-ra-bo-LAIS pol-LA KAI E-le-gen au-TOIS en TÊI di-da-KHÊI au-TOU
In context — Mark 4:2
and he was teaching them in parables many and he was saying to them in the teaching his
About this coordinate
Mark 4:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 4:2, 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.4.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.4.2.W8.S1) and character.