1 Corinthians 14:26:201 Cor.14.26.W20TAB
οἰκοδομὴν
oikodomēn
“building up”
- Transliteration
- oi-ko-do-MĒN
- Extended
- oi-koh-doh-MAYN
- IPA
- /oi.ko.doˈmɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- building up
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oi-ko-do-MĒN
- sentence
TI OUN es-TIN a-del-PHOI HO-tan sy-NER-khē-sthe HE-kas-tos psal-MON E-khei di-da-KHĒN E-khei a-po-KA-ly-psin E-khei GLŌS-san E-khei her-mē-NEI-an E-khei PAN-ta pros oi-ko-do-MĒN gi-NES-thō
Exegesis
The climactic clause panta pros oikodomēn ginesthō {πάντα πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν γινέσθω | pánta pròs oikodomḗn ginésthō} uses panta as the subject and the present imperative ginesthō to issue an ongoing directive: everything that occurs in the gathering is to be oriented “toward edification.” The preposition pros marks purpose or goal, so the translations render this as “for edification” and “building up the group,” making explicit the communal aim that governs all the previously listed activities.
Root and etymology
oikodomeōomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–delta–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega
“to build (a house), construct”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:26
What then is it, brothers, when you come together? Each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation , has a tongue, has an interpretation; let all things be done for edification .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:26:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Corinthians 14:26, so the Greek word οἰκοδομὴν (oikodomēn) 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.14.26.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.26.W20.S1) and character.