1 Corinthians 14:18:71 Cor.14.18.W7TAB
γλώσσαις
glôssais
“in tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLÔS-sais
- Extended
- GLÔS-saihs
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sais/
Meaning by language
- English
- in tongues
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GLÔS-sais
- sentence
eu-kha-ri-STÔ tÔ the-Ô PAN-tôn hy-MÔN MAL-lon GLÔS-sais la-LÔ
Exegesis
The dative plural glōssais {γλώσσαις | glōs-sais} specifies the sphere or manner of the verb lalō {λαλῶ | la-lō} ‘I speak’, indicating the mode of speaking rather than the audience. Word order in Greek (verb–dative–genitives–adverb–dative–verb) places eucharistō first for emphasis on thanksgiving and leaves lalō to the end, allowing the comparative focus (mallon pantōn humōn) and the mode of speech (glōssais) to build up to the climactic affirmation “I speak.” In English, the comparative genitive is rendered with “more than all of you do,” and the dative of manner is translated with “in tongues / in spiritual languages,” preserving both the comparative nuance and the charismatic context.
Root and etymology
glōssagamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:18
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you do.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Corinthians 14:18, so the Greek word γλώσσαις (glôssais) 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.14.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.18.W7.S1) and character.