1 Corinthians 14:16:231 Cor.14.16.W23TAB
οἶδεν
oiden
“knows”
- Transliteration
- OI-den
- Extended
- OI-dehn
- IPA
- /ˈoi.den/
Meaning by language
- English
- knows
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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OI-den
- 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
The verb oiden {οἶδεν | oî-den}, perfect active indicative with negation ouk {οὐκ | ouk}, denotes a settled state of not knowing: the outsider lacks the comprehension necessary to participate meaningfully. Syntactically, Paul sets a conditional worship situation against the practical impossibility of corporate affirmation, emphasizing that edifying speech in the assembly must be intelligible to all present, not only to the spiritually gifted speaker.
In context — 1 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 14:16:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of 1 Corinthians 14:16, so the Greek word οἶδεν (oiden) 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.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.16.W23.S1) and character.