1 Corinthians 14:27:51 Cor.14.27.W5TAB
κατὰ
kata
“by”
- Transliteration
- ka-TA
- Extended
- kah-TAH
- IPA
- /kaˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- by
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TA
- sentence
EI-te GLOS-sê tis la-LEI ka-TA DY-o ê to PLEI-ston TREIS kai a-NA ME-ros kai heis di-er-mê-neu-E-tô
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kata duo e to pleiston treis {κατὰ δύο ἢ τὸ πλεῖστον τρεῖς | ka-tá dý-o ḗ tò pleî-ston treîs} modifies the verbal idea, setting a numerical limit: “by two or at the most three.”
Root and etymology
akatastasiaalpha–kappa–alpha–tau–alpha–sigma–tau–alpha–sigma–iota–alpha
“disorder, instability”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:27
If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two , or at the most three, and each in turn; and let one interpret .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Corinthians 14:27, so the Greek word κατὰ (kata) 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.14.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.27.W5.S1) and character.