1 Corinthians 14:20:71 Cor.14.20.W7TAB
ἀλλὰ
alla
“but”
- Transliteration
- al-LA
- Extended
- ahl-LAH
- IPA
- /alˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
al-LA
- sentence
a-del-PHOI MÊ pai-di-A GI-nes-the tais phre-SIN al-LA têi ka-KI-a nê-pi-A-dze-te tais de phre-SIN TE-lei-oi GI-nes-the
Exegesis
The strong contrast conjunction alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} introduces a counterbalancing command: tē kakia {τῇ κακίᾳ | tē̂ kakíā} in the dative likewise marks the sphere “in regard to evil,” where the imperative nepiazete {νηπιάζετε | nēpiázete} calls the readers to be “infants,” that is, inexperienced and untouched by wrongdoing.
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, do not become children in your understanding, but in evil be infants; yet in your understanding, become mature .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Corinthians 14:20, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.14.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.20.W7.S1) and character.