1 Corinthians 14:19:191 Cor.14.19.W19TAB
γλώσσῃ
glôssê
“a tongue”
- Transliteration
- GLÔS-sê
- Extended
- GLOHSS-say
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tongue
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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 | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GLÔS-sê
- 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 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
Rootgamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
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 14:19:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Corinthians 14:19, so the Greek word γλώσσῃ (glôssê) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.19.W19.S1) and character.