1 Corinthians 13:2:41 Cor.13.2.W4TAB
προφητείαν
prophēteian
“prophecy”
- Transliteration
- pro-phē-tei-AN
- Extended
- proh-phay-tei-AHN
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛː.teˈi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophecy
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-phē-tei-AN
- sentence
KAI e-AN E-khō pro-phē-tei-AN KAI ei-DŌ ta my-STÊ-ri-a PAN-ta KAI PA-san tēn GNŌ-sin KAI e-AN E-khō PA-san tēn PI-stin HŌ-ste O-rē me-thi-STA-nai a-GA-pēn de mē E-khō ou-THEN EI-mi
Exegesis
The first protasis, kai ean echō prophēteian kai eidō ta mystēria panta kai pasan tēn gnōsin {καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω προφητείαν καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν | kaì eàn échō prophēteían kaì eidō̂ tá mustḗria pánta kaì pâsan tḕn gnō̂sin}, chains together three objects of the verb echō, building a picture of comprehensive spiritual understanding.
Root and etymology
prophēmipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, proclaim”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love , I am nothing.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 13:2, so the Greek word προφητείαν (prophēteian) 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.13.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.2.W4.S1) and character.