1 Corinthians 14:16:201 Cor.14.16.W20TAB

τί

ti

what

Transliteration
TI
Extended
TIH
IPA
/ˈti/

Meaning by language

English
what

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    TI

  2. sentence

    e-PEI e-AN eu-lo-GÊIS PNEU-ma-ti ho a-na-plê-RÔN ton TO-pon tou i-di-Ô-tou PÔS e-REI to a-MÊN e-PI tê sê eu-kha-ris-TI-a e-pei-DÊ TI LE-geis ouk OI-den

Exegesis

A causal clause follows, introduced by epeide {ἐπειδὴ | e-pei-dḕ} ‘since’, whose content is the object clause ti legeis {τί λέγεις | tí lé-geis} ‘what you are saying’.

Root and etymology

charischi–alpha–rho–iota–sigma

grace, favor

In context1 Corinthians 14:16

For if you bless with the spirit , how will the one occupying the place of the unlearned say the Amen at your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 14:16:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Corinthians 14:16, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.14.16.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.16.W20.S1) and character.