1 Corinthians 13:1:141 Cor.13.1.W14TAB
γέγονα
gegona
“I have become”
- Transliteration
- GE-go-na
- Extended
- GEH-goh-nah
- IPA
- /ˈge.go.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have become
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GE-go-na
- 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 apodosis employs the perfect indicative gegona {γέγονα | gé-go-na} ‘I have become’, highlighting a present resultant state brought about by the absence of love.
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 13:1:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Corinthians 13:1, so the Greek word γέγονα (gegona) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.1.W14.S1) and character.