Matthew 9:11:5Matt.9.11.W5PAT

⸀ἔλεγον

elegon

{They} were saying

Transliteration
E-le-gon
Extended
E-le-gon
IPA
/ˈe.le.gon/

Meaning by language

English
{They} were saying
French
{Ils} disaient
Spanish
{Ellos} decían
Portuguese
{Eles} diziam
German
{Sie} sagten
Russian
{Они} говорили
Arabic-Simplified
قالوا
Hindi
{वे} कह रहे थे
Chinese-Simplified
说着
Korean
말하였다
Indonesian
{Mereka} berkata
Bengali
{তারা} বলছিল
Tagalog
{Sila} ay nagsasabi
Swahili
{Wao} walisema
Amharic
{እነሱ} ይሉ ነበር
Yoruba
{Wọn} ń sọ
Igbo
{Ha} na-ekwu
Twi
{Wɔn} kaa
Ewe
{Wo} gblɔ

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Result
⸀ἔ + λε + γον
e + le + gon
elegon

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Gammagh — guttural
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-le-gon

  2. clause

    kai i-DON-tes hoi pha-ri-SAI-oi E-le-gon tois ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU

  3. sentence

    kai i-DON-tes hoi pha-ri-SAI-oi E-le-gon tois ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU di-A TI me-TA tôn te-lô-NÔN kai ha-mar-tô-LÔN es-THI-ei ho di-DA-ska-los hy-MÔN

In contextMatthew 9:11

and having seen the Pharisees {They} were saying to the disciples his for what with the tax collectors and sinners {He} eats the teacher your

About this coordinate

Matthew 9:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 9:11, so the Greek word ⸀ἔλεγον (elegon) 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.9.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.9.11.W5.S1) and character.