1 Corinthians 14:10:21 Cor.14.10.W2TAB
εἰ
ei
“if”
- Transliteration
- ei
- Extended
- ei
- IPA
- /ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ei
- sentence
to-SA-u-ta ei TY-khoi GE-neh phō-NŌN EI-sin en KOS-mōi KAI ou-DEN A-phō-non
Exegesis
This is immediately followed by the idiomatic combination ei tychōi {εἰ τύχοι | eí tú-choi} ‘if perhaps’, a conditional-optative formula that softens the assertion and signals that Paul is making a broadly general observation rather than a mathematically exact statement.
Root and etymology
laleōlambda–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to speak, to talk”
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 14:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 14:10, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.10.W2.S1) and character.