1 Corinthians 14:29:11 Cor.14.29.W1TAB
προφῆται
prophaytai
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHAY-tai
- Extended
- proh-PHÊÊ-tai
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-PHAY-tai
- sentence
pro-PHAY-tai de DY-o ê TREIS la-LEI-tō-san kai hoi AL-loi di-a-kri-NE-tō-san
Exegesis
The verse begins with the fronted subject prophetai {προφῆται | prophêtai} ‘prophets’, creating topical focus on the group being regulated, followed by the connective de {δὲ | dé} ‘but/now’ that signals a new, yet related, instruction within the broader discussion of orderly worship.
Root and etymology
prophēmipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, proclaim”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:29
But let two or three prophets speak, and let the others discern what is said.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:29:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Corinthians 14:29, so the Greek word προφῆται (prophaytai) 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.14.29.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.29.W1.S1) and character.