1 Corinthians 14:10:111 Cor.14.10.W11TAB
ἄφωνον
aphōnon
“without sound”
- Transliteration
- A-phō-non
- Extended
- AH-pʰoh-nohn
- IPA
- /ˈa.pʰɔː.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- without sound
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
A-phō-non
- sentence
to-SA-u-ta ei TY-khoi GE-neh phō-NŌN EI-sin en KOS-mōi KAI ou-DEN A-phō-non
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καί | kaí} introduces a second, closely related assertion, ouden aphōnon {οὐδὲν ἄφωνον | ou-dén á-phō-non} ‘nothing voiceless’, with ouden as a neuter substantive meaning ‘nothing’ and aphōnon as a predicate adjective meaning literally ‘without sound’ and contextually ‘without meaningful sound’. The word order, especially placing tosauta and the conditional-optative cluster early, gives rhetorical weight to the sheer diversity yet shared meaningfulness of all these “voices.” In translation, English subject-verb order is made explicit (“There are … so many kinds of voices in the world”), while the nuance of probability in ei tychōi is conveyed with “perhaps” in the formal rendering and by a more natural, idiomatic flow in the dynamic version. The universal negative ouden aphōnon is expressed with “none of them is without meaning” and “not a single one is meaningless,” both capturing the idea that every kind of voice or language has some intelligible significance for its own speakers.
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:10
There are, perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world , and none of them is without meaning.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Corinthians 14:10, so the Greek word ἄφωνον (aphōnon) 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.14.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.10.W11.S1) and character.