1 Corinthians 14:19:151 Cor.14.19.W15TAB
ἢ
ê
“than”
- Transliteration
- ê
- Extended
- ay
- IPA
- /ɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- than
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ê
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al-LA en ek-klay-SEE-a THE-lo PEN-te LO-gous tôi no-EE mou la-LAY-sai HEE-na kai AL-lous ka-tê-KHÊ-sô ê my-REE-ous LO-gous en GLÔS-sê
Exegesis
The comparative particle e {ἢ | ḕ} “than” introduces the second side of the contrast, where myrious logous en glosse {μυρίους λόγους ἐν γλώσσῃ | my-rí-ous ló-gous en glṓs-sē} portrays an enormous quantity of speech located “in a tongue,” that is, in an un-understood language. The Greek word order, which clusters the numerical contrasts (pente versus myrious) and the spheres of speech (with the mind versus in a tongue), is preserved conceptually in translation while adopting a natural subject–verb–object flow to keep the emphasis on edifying, comprehensible communication in the gathered assembly.
Root and etymology
ekkaleoepsilon–kappa–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call out”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:19
But in the assembly , I would rather speak five words with my understanding , so that I may also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Corinthians 14:19, so the Greek word ἢ (ê) 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.14.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.19.W15.S1) and character.