1 Corinthians 13:12:121 Cor.13.12.W12TAB

πρόσωπον

prosōpon

face

Transliteration
PRO-sō-pon
Extended
PROH-soh-pohn
IPA
/ˈpro.so.pon/

Meaning by language

English
face

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Result
πρό + σω + πον
pro + sō + pon
prosōpon

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Omegao — same as omicron
Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    PRO-sō-pon

  2. sentence

    BLE-po-men gar AR-ti di e-SO-ptro(u) en ai-NEEG-ma-ti TO-te de PRO-sō-pon pros PRO-sō-pon AR-ti gi-NO-sko ek ME-rous TO-te de e-pi-GNO-so-mai ka-THŌS KAI e-pe-GNO-sthên

Exegesis

The contrasting clause tote de prosopon pros prosopon {τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον | tóte de prósōpon pros prósōpon} “then but face to face” uses repetition of prosopon to stress direct, unmediated encounter, functioning almost as a rhythmic counterpoint to the earlier mediated vision.

In context1 Corinthians 13:12

For now we see through a mirror in a riddle , but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know fully, just as I have also been fully known.

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 13:12, so the Greek word πρόσωπον (prosōpon) 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.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.12.W12.S1) and character.