1 Corinthians 14:22:191 Cor.14.22.W19TAB
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
HŌ-ste hai GLŌS-sai eis sē-MEI-on EI-sin ou tois pis-TEU-ou-sin al-LA tois a-PI-stois hē de pro-phē-TEI-a ou tois a-PI-stois al-LA tois pis-TEU-ou-sin
Exegesis
The negated dative phrase ou tois pisteuousin {οὐ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν | ou toîs pis-teú-ou-sin} uses a substantival participle ‘the ones believing’ to mark the group for whom tongues are not intended, followed by the adversative alla tois apistois {ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἀπίστοις | al-lá toîs a-pí-stois} ‘but for the unbelievers’, a parallel dative phrase indicating the actual target group.
alla tois pisteuousin {οὐ τοῖς ἀπίστοις ἀλλὰ τοῖς πιστεύουσιν | ou toîs a-pí-stois al-lá toîs pis-teú-ou-sin} creates a chiastic contrast between tongues and prophecy regarding their respective audiences. The dative constructions are best rendered with English prepositional phrases “for …” and substantival participles as “those who believe / unbelievers” to maintain the distributive force and preserve the sharp rhetorical contrast.
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:22
So then, tongues are for a sign , not to those who believe, but to unbelievers; but prophecy is not for unbelievers, but for those who believe.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:22:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 1 Corinthians 14:22, 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.14.22.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.22.W19.S1) and character.