Mark 8:24:3Mark.8.24.W3PAT
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
- говорил
- Arabic-Simplified
- كان يقول
- Hindi
- वह कह रहा था
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他说
- Korean
- 말하더니
- Indonesian
- katanya
- Bengali
- তিনি বলছিলেন
- Tagalog
- sinasabi niya
- Swahili
- alisema
- Amharic
- ይላል
- Yoruba
- ó ń sọ
- Igbo
- ọ na-ekwu
- Twi
- ɔreka
- Ewe
- egblɔ
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 a-na-BLE-psas E-le-gen
- sentence
KAI a-na-BLE-psas E-le-gen BLE-pô TOUS an-THRO-pous HO-ti hôs DEN-dra ho-RÔ pe-ri-pa-TOUN-tas
In context — Mark 8:24
and having looked up he was saying I see the people because like trees I see walking
About this coordinate
Mark 8:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 8:24, 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.8.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.8.24.W3.S1) and character.