ἢ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἢ

   ê

   or
2. sentence🔊 ἐὰν οὖν συνέλθῃ ἡ ἐκκλησία ὅλη ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ πάντες λαλῶσιν γλώσσαις εἰσέλθωσιν δὲ ἰδιῶται ἢ ἄπιστοι οὐκ ἐροῦσιν ὅτι μαίνεσθε

   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

   if therefore comes together the church whole at the same and all speak in tongues enter but outsiders or unbelievers not will say that you are out of your minds

Exegesis

The verb synelthē hē ekklēsia holē {συνέλθῃ ἡ ἐκκλησία ὅλη | synélthē hē ekklēsía hólē} forms the protasis, picturing the entire congregation assembling.

A second subjunctive clause, eiselthōsin de idiōtai ē apistoi {εἰσέλθωσιν δὲ ἰδιῶται ἢ ἄπιστοι | eisélthōsin dè idiôtai ē ápistoi}, introduces potential visitors: idiōtai (uninstructed in Christian worship or spiritual gifts) and apistoi (those without faith). The particle de marks a slight contrast between the gathered insiders and these outsiders.

Root and etymology

ekkaleō🔊 ἐκκαλέωepsilon kappa kappa alpha lambda epsilon omega

“to call out”

• 🔊 ἐκκλητόςekklētosone who is calledActs 19:39
• 🔊 ἐκκλησίαekklēsiaassembly, churchMatthew 16:18