Matthew 16:15:1Matt.16.15.W1PAT
λέγει
legei
“he says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LE-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.ɣiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he says
- French
- il dit
- Spanish
- dice
- Portuguese
- diz
- German
- sagt
- Russian
- говорит
- Arabic-Simplified
- يقول
- Hindi
- कहता है
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말한다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলেন
- Tagalog
- nagsasabi
- Swahili
- anasema
- Amharic
- ይላል
- Yoruba
- ó sọ
- Igbo
- ọ na-ekwu
- Twi
- ɔka
- Ewe
- egblɔ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
λέ + γει
↓
le + gei
↓
legei
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- clause
LE-gei au-TOIS
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOIS hy-MEIS de TEE-na me LE-ge-te EI-nai
In context — Matthew 16:15
he says to them you but whom me {you} say to be
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 16:15, so the Greek word λέγει (legei) 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 Matt.16.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.15.W1.S1) and character.