1 Corinthians 14:23:51 Cor.14.23.W5TAB
ἐκκλησία
ekklêsia
“church”
- Transliteration
- ek-klê-SI-a
- Extended
- ehk-klê-SEE-ah
- IPA
- /ek.klɛːˈsi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- church
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-klê-SI-a
- 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 verb synelthē hē ekklēsia holē {συνέλθῃ ἡ ἐκκλησία ὅλη | synélthē hē ekklēsía hólē} forms the protasis, picturing the entire congregation assembling.
Root and etymology
ekkaleōepsilon kappa kappa alpha lambda epsilon omega
“to call out”
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 14:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Corinthians 14:23, so the Greek word ἐκκλησία (ekklêsia) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.23.W5.S1) and character.