1 Corinthians 14:22:31 Cor.14.22.W3TAB
γλῶσσαι
glōssai
“tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLŌS-sai
- Extended
- GLŌHS-sai
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sai/
Meaning by language
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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 | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GLŌS-sai
- 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 subject of the first clause is hai glōssai {αἱ γλῶσσαι | hai glô-ssai} ‘the tongues’, with the prepositional phrase eis sēmeion {εἰς σημεῖόν | eis sē-meî-on} functioning as a predicate complement that describes their purpose or function “for a sign.”
Root and etymology
glōssagamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
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 14:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Corinthians 14:22, so the Greek word γλῶσσαι (glōssai) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.22.W3.S1) and character.