Mark 6:16:5Mark.6.16.W5PAT

⸀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
{él} decía
Portuguese
{ele} dizia
German
{er} sagte
Russian
{он} говорил
Arabic-Simplified
قال
Hindi
{वह} कह रहा था
Chinese-Simplified
说着
Korean
말했다
Indonesian
berkata
Bengali
বলছিল
Tagalog
nagsasabi
Swahili
alisema
Amharic
አለ
Yoruba
sọ
Igbo
na-asị
Twi
rekae
Ewe
gblɔ

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
⸀ἔ + λε + γεν·
e + le + gen
elegen

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-le-gen

  2. clause

    a-KOO-sas DE ho hê-RÔ-dês E-le-gen

  3. sentence

    a-KOO-sas DE ho hê-RÔ-dês E-le-gen HON e-GÔ a-pe-ke-PHA-li-sa i-ô-AN-nên HOO-tos ê-GER-thê

In contextMark 6:16

having heard but {the} Herod {he} was saying whom I beheaded John this one was raised

About this coordinate

Mark 6:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 6:16, 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.6.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.6.16.W5.S1) and character.