Mark 5:8:1Mark.5.8.W1PAT
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“he was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.ɣʲen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was saying
- French
- il disait
- Spanish
- decía
- Portuguese
- dizia
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يقول
- Hindi
- वह कह रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 말하고 있었다
- Indonesian
- ia berkata
- Bengali
- সে বলছিল
- Tagalog
- nagsasabi siya
- Swahili
- alikuwa akisema
- Amharic
- ይላል 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
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
E-le-gen
- clause
E-le-gen GAR au-TOI
- sentence
E-le-gen GAR au-TOI EK-sel-the TO PNEU-ma TO a-KA-thar-ton ek TOU an-THRÔ-pou
In context — Mark 5:8
he was saying for to him come out the spirit the unclean out of the man
About this coordinate
Mark 5:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 5:8, 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.5.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.5.8.W1.S1) and character.