1 Corinthians 13:5:21 Cor.13.5.W2TAB
ἀσχημονεῖ
askhêmonei
“behaves disgracefully”
- Transliteration
- a-skhê-mo-NEI
- Extended
- ah-skhê-moh-NEI
- IPA
- /as.kʰɛː.moˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- behaves disgracefully
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-skhê-mo-NEI
- sentence
ouk a-skhê-mo-NEI ou dzê-TEI ta he-au-TÊS ou pa-ro-KSY-ne-tai ou lo-GI-dze-tai to ka-KON
Exegesis
The main verbs aschēmonei {ἀσχημονεῖ | a-schē-mo-neî}, zētei {ζητεῖ | zē-teî}, paroxynetai {παροξύνεται | pa-ro-xý-ne-tai}, and logizetai {λογίζεται | lo-gí-ze-tai} are all in the present tense, portraying settled patterns of behavior rather than single events.
Root and etymology
aschēmoneōalpha–sigma–chi–ēta–mu–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega
“to behave improperly, be unseemly”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:5
It does not behave disgracefully , it does not seek its own interests, it is not provoked, it does not reckon the evil done to it.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 13:5, so the Greek word ἀσχημονεῖ (askhêmonei) 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.13.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.5.W2.S1) and character.