1 Corinthians 14:19:161 Cor.14.19.W16TAB
μυρίους
myreeous
“ten thousand”
- Transliteration
- my-REE-ous
- Extended
- myoo-REE-oo(s)
- IPA
- /myˈri.us/
Meaning by language
- English
- ten thousand
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
my-REE-ous
- sentence
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 main finite verb thelo {θέλω | thé-lō} “I want” governs the infinitive lalesai {λαλῆσαι | la-lê-sai} “to speak,” with the object expressed as the measured phrase pente logous {πέντε λόγους | pén-te ló-gous} “five words,” creating a deliberate contrast with the later myrious logous {μυρίους λόγους | my-rí-ous ló-gous} “ten thousand words.”
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.
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 14:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 14:19, so the Greek word μυρίους (myreeous) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.19.W16.S1) and character.