γινέσθω

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 γινέσθω

   gi-NES-thō

   let it happen
2. sentence🔊 Τί οὖν ἐστιν ἀδελφοί ὅταν συνέρχησθε ἕκαστος ψαλμὸν ἔχει διδαχὴν ἔχει ἀποκάλυψιν ἔχει γλῶσσαν ἔχει ἑρμηνείαν ἔχει πάντα πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν γινέσθω

   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

   What then is brothers when you come together each {one} a psalm has a teaching has a revelation has a tongue has an interpretation has all things for building up let it happen

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

ginomai🔊 γίνομαιgamma–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

“to become, happen”