1 Corinthians 14:23:131 Cor.14.23.W13TAB
γλώσσαις
glôssais
“in tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLÔS-sais
- Extended
- GLOHSS-sais
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sais/
Meaning by language
- English
- in tongues
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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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
GLÔS-sais
- sentence
e-AN OUN sy-NEL-thê hê ek-klê-SI-a HO-lê e-PI to au-TO KAI PAN-tes la-LO-sin GLÔS-sais ei-SEL-thô-sin de i-di-Ô-tai ê A-pis-toi ouk e-ROU-sin HO-ti MAI-nes-the
Exegesis
The coordinated clause kai pantes lalōsin glōssais {καὶ πάντες λαλῶσιν γλώσσαις | kaí pántes lalôsin glṓssais} expands the scenario: the distributive pantes with the subjunctive lalōsin emphasizes that all present are concurrently speaking, while the dative glōssais indicates the medium of speech, “in tongues” or “in languages.”
Root and etymology
glōssagamma lambda omega sigma sigma alpha
“tongue, language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:23
If therefore the whole assembly should come together in the same place, and all are speaking in tongues , and uninstructed persons or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad?
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Corinthians 14:23, so the Greek word γλώσσαις (glôssais) 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.14.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.23.W13.S1) and character.