1 Corinthians 13:4:121 Cor.13.4.W12TAB
περπερεύεται
perpereuetai
“boasts”
- Transliteration
- per-pe-REU-e-tai
- Extended
- pehr-peh-REU-eh-tai
- IPA
- /per.peˈreu.e.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- boasts
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
per-pe-REU-e-tai
- sentence
HÊ a-GA-pê ma-kro-thy-MEI khrê-steu-E-tai hê a-GA-pê ou dzê-LOI hê a-GA-pê ou per-pe-REU-e-tai ou phy-si-OU-tai
Exegesis
The present indicative forms zēloi {ζηλοῖ | zēloî} ‘envies’, perpereuetai {περπερεύεται | perpereúetai} ‘boasts’, and physioutai {φυσιοῦται | physioûtai} ‘is puffed up’ portray envy, boasting, and conceit as ongoing patterns that genuine love refuses. The asyndetic listing and repetition of the subject function as a rhetorical device that piles up traits for cumulative impact. In translation, the subject “love” is largely retained in each clause to mirror the Greek emphasis, while related verbs are grouped into flowing English sentences that preserve both the positive description and the contrasting negations.
Root and etymology
perpereuomaipi–epsilon–rho–pi–epsilon–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to boast, brag”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy, love does not boast , is not puffed up.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:4:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 13:4, so the Greek word περπερεύεται (perpereuetai) 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.13.4.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.4.W12.S1) and character.