1 Corinthians 13:1:21 Cor.13.1.W2TAB
ταῖς
tais
“the”
- Transliteration
- TAIS
- Extended
- tais
- IPA
- /tais/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TAIS
- 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 dative phrase tais glossais tōn anthrōpōn {ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων | taîs glôs-sais tôn anthrô-pôn} ‘with the tongues of men’ functions as a dative of means and is coordinated with tōn angelōn {τῶν ἀγγέλων | tôn an-gé-lôn} ‘of angels’ to depict the highest conceivable eloquence, both human and heavenly.
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 13:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 13:1, so the Greek word ταῖς (tais) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.1.W2.S1) and character.