1 Corinthians 13:8:101 Cor.13.8.W10TAB
γλῶσσαι
glōssai
“tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLŌS-sai
- Extended
- GLOHS-sai
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- tongues
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GLŌS-sai
- sentence
hê a-GA-pê ou-DE-po-te PIP-tei EI-te de pro-phê-TEI-ai ka-tar-gê-THÊ-son-tai EI-te GLŌS-sai PAU-son-tai EI-te GNŌ-sis ka-tar-gê-THÊ-se-tai
Exegesis
A correlative series introduced by the repeated conjunction eite {εἴτε | eíte} ‘whether’ presents three spiritual gifts—propheteiai {προφητεῖαι | prophēteîai} ‘prophecies’, glossai {γλῶσσαι | glôssai} ‘tongues’, and gnosis {γνῶσις | gnôsis} ‘knowledge’—each paired with a future verb: the passive katargethesontai {καταργηθήσονται | katargēthḗsontai} ‘will be rendered inactive’, the middle pausontai {παύσονται | paúsontai} ‘will come to an end’, and the passive katargethesetai {καταργηθήσεται | katargēthḗsetai} ‘will be taken out of operation’.
Root and etymology
glossaglossa
“tongue, language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 13:8
Love never fails; prophecies will be set aside, tongues will fall silent, and knowledge will be brought to an end.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 13:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Corinthians 13:8, so the Greek word γλῶσσαι (glōssai) 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.13.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.13.8.W10.S1) and character.