1 Corinthians 13:11:41 Cor.13.11.W4TAB
ἐλάλουν
elaloun
“I spoke”
- Transliteration
- e-LA-loun
- Extended
- eh-LA-loon
- IPA
- /eˈla.luːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- I spoke
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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e-LA-loun
- sentence
HO-te Ê-men NÊ-pi-os e-LA-loun hôs NÊ-pi-os e-PHRO-noun hôs NÊ-pi-os e-lo-gi-DZO-men hôs NÊ-pi-os HO-te GE-go-na a-NÊR ka-TÊR-gê-ka ta tou nê-PI-ou
Exegesis
Within the first temporal frame, a sequence of imperfect first person verbs—elaloun {ἐλάλουν | e-lá-loun} “I was speaking,” ephronoun {ἐφρόνουν | e-phró-noun} “I was thinking,” elogizomēn {ἐλογιζόμην | e-lo-gi-zó-mēn} “I was reasoning”—portrays ongoing, characteristic actions rather than single events.
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:11
When I was a child , I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child; but when I became a man , I set aside the ways of a child.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 13:11, so the Greek word ἐλάλουν (elaloun) 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.13.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.11.W4.S1) and character.