1 Corinthians 14:16:41 Cor.14.16.W4TAB
πνεύματι
pneumati
“in spirit”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma-ti
- Extended
- PNEU-mah-tih
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- in spirit
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma-ti
- 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 instrumental dative pneumati {πνεύματι | pneú-ma-ti} ‘with spirit’ specifies the means or sphere of the blessing, likely referring to inspired speech that is not immediately intelligible.
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
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 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Corinthians 14:16, so the Greek word πνεύματι (pneumati) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.16.W4.S1) and character.