1 Corinthians 13:12:141 Cor.13.12.W14TAB
γινώσκω
ginosko
“I know”
- Transliteration
- gi-NO-sko
- Extended
- gih-NOH-skoh
- IPA
- /giˈnos.kɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I know
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gi-NO-sko
- 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 second half of the verse shifts from “we” to the first person singular with arti ginosko ek merous {ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους | árti ginṓskō ek mérous} “now I know from part,” where ek {ἐκ | ek} with the genitive merous {μέρους | mérous} expresses partialness or incompleteness of knowledge.
Root and etymology
gignōskōgamma iota gamma nu omega sigma kappa omega
“to come to know, recognize”
In context — 1 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 13:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Corinthians 13:12, so the Greek word γινώσκω (ginosko) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.12.W14.S1) and character.