Matthew 4:17:8Matt.4.17.W8PAT
λέγειν·
legein
“to say”
- Transliteration
- LE-gein
- Extended
- LE-gein
- IPA
- /ˈle.ɡeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to say
- French
- dire
- Spanish
- decir
- Portuguese
- dizer
- German
- sagen
- Russian
- сказать
- Arabic-Simplified
- يقول
- Hindi
- कहना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 说
- Korean
- 말하다
- Indonesian
- berkata
- Bengali
- বলা
- Tagalog
- magsabi
- Swahili
- kusema
- Amharic
- ማለት
- Yoruba
- sọ
- Igbo
- sị
- Twi
- ka
- 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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LE-gein
- clause
a-PO TO-te ÊR-ksa-to HO ee-ay-SOOS kê-RYS-sein KAI LE-gein
- sentence
a-PO TO-te ÊR-ksa-to HO ee-ay-SOOS kê-RYS-sein KAI LE-gein me-ta-no-EI-te ÊNG-gi-ken GAR HÊ ba-si-LEI-a TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
In context — Matthew 4:17
from then {he} began {the} Jesus to preach {and} to say Repent has drawn near for the kingdom of the heavens
About this coordinate
Matthew 4:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 4:17, so the Greek word λέγειν· (legein) 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.4.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.4.17.W8.S1) and character.