Mark 7:9:2Mark.7.9.W2PAT
ἔλεγεν
elegen
“he was saying”
- Transliteration
- E-le-gen
- Extended
- EH-leh-gehn
- IPA
- /ˈe.le.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was saying
- French
- il disait
- Spanish
- decía
- Portuguese
- dizia
- German
- er sagte
- Russian
- он говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يقول
- Hindi
- वह कह रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 말하고 있었다
- Indonesian
- dia berkata
- Bengali
- তিনি বলছিলেন
- Tagalog
- sinasabi niya
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- እያለ ነበር
- Yoruba
- ó ń sọ
- Igbo
- ọ na-ekwu
- Twi
- ɔreka
- Ewe
- edzi
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
- clause
KAI E-le-gen au-TOIS
- sentence
KAI E-le-gen au-TOIS ka-LOS a-the-TEI-te TÊN en-to-LÊN TOU the-OU HI-na TÊN pa-RA-do-sin hy-MÔN tê-RÊ-sê-te
In context — Mark 7:9
And he was saying to them well you reject the commandment of God so that the tradition your you may keep
About this coordinate
Mark 7:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 7:9, 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.7.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.7.9.W2.S1) and character.