Matthew 21:23:17Matt.21.23.W17PAT
λέγοντες·
legontes
“saying”
- Transliteration
- LE-gon-tes
- Extended
- LEH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈle.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- saying
- French
- disant
- Spanish
- diciendo
- Portuguese
- dizendo
- German
- sagend
- Russian
- говоря
- Arabic-Simplified
- قائلين
- Hindi
- कहते हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说着
- Korean
- 말하며
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলতে বলতে
- Tagalog
- nagsasabi
- Swahili
- akisema
- Amharic
- እያሉ
- Yoruba
- síṣe
- Igbo
- na-ekwu
- Twi
- reka
- Ewe
- gblɔ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gon-tes
- clause
KAI el-THON-tos au-TOU eis to hi-e-RON pro-SÊL-thon au-TÔ di-DAS-kon-ti hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi tou la-OU LE-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI el-THON-tos au-TOU eis to hi-e-RON pro-SÊL-thon au-TÔ di-DAS-kon-ti hoi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi tou la-OU LE-gon-tes en POI-a ek-sou-SI-a TAU-ta poi-EIS
In context — Matthew 21:23
And having come his into the temple {They} approached to him teaching the chief priests and the elders of the people saying In what kind of authority these things you do and who to you gave the authority this
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 21:23, so the Greek word λέγοντες· (legontes) 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.21.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.23.W17.S1) and character.