1 Corinthians 13:3:151 Cor.13.3.W15TAB
καυθήσομαι
kauthêsomai
“I may be burned”
- Transliteration
- kau-THÊ-so-mai
- Extended
- kau-THAY-soh-mai
- IPA
- /kau.tʰɛːˈso.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I may be burned
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
kau-THÊ-so-mai
- sentence
KAI e-AN psô-MI-sô PAN-ta TA hy-PAR-khon-TA mou KAI e-AN pa-ra-DÔ to SÔ-ma mou HI-na kau-THÊ-so-mai a-GA-pên de mê E-khô ou-DEN ô-phe-LOU-mai
Exegesis
The purpose clause hina kauthesomai {ἵνα καυθήσομαι | hí-na kau-thḗ-so-mai} expresses the extreme outcome “that I may be burned.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:3
And if I distribute all my possessions to feed others, and if I hand over my body so that I might be burned , but do not have love , I gain nothing.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Corinthians 13:3, so the Greek word καυθήσομαι (kauthêsomai) 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.13.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.3.W15.S1) and character.