1 Corinthians 13:1:101 Cor.13.1.W10TAB
ἀγάπην
agapēn
“love”
- Transliteration
- a-GA-pēn
- Extended
- ah-GAH-pehn
- IPA
- /aˈga.pɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- love
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-GA-pēn
- sentence
e-AN TAIS GLÔS-sais tôn an-THRÔ-pōn la-LÔ KAI tôn an-GGE-lōn a-GA-pēn de MÊ E-khō GE-go-na khal-KOS ê-KHÔN Ê KYM-ba-lon a-la-LA-dzon
Exegesis
The contrast is introduced by de mē echo {δὲ μὴ ἔχω | dé mḗ é-khō} ‘but I do not have’, where agapēn {ἀγάπην | a-gá-pēn} ‘love’ is the direct object and the decisive criterion in the condition.
Root and etymology
agap-alpha–gamma–alpha–pi
“love, esteem, preference”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:1
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a sounding brass or a clanging cymbal .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Corinthians 13:1, so the Greek word ἀγάπην (agapēn) 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 1 Cor.13.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.1.W10.S1) and character.