1 Corinthians 14:3:61 Cor.14.3.W6TAB
οἰκοδομὴν
oikodomên
“upbuilding”
- Transliteration
- oi-ko-do-MÊN
- Extended
- oi-koh-doh-MÊHN
- IPA
- /oi.ko.doˈmɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- upbuilding
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-MÊN
- sentence
ho de pro-phê-TEU-ōn an-THRÔ-pois la-LEI oi-ko-do-MÊN kai pa-RA-klê-sin kai pa-ra-my-THI-an
Exegesis
The verb lalei governs three coordinated accusative nouns—oikodomēn {οἰκοδομὴν | oikodomḗn}, paraklēsin {παράκλησιν | paráklēsin}, and paramythian {παραμυθίαν | paramythían}—linked by repeated kai {καὶ | kaí}, producing a rhythmic triad that delineates the effects of prophecy: building up, exhorting, and consoling. Semantically, these accusatives can be understood as accusatives of result or content, specifying what prophetic speech produces in its hearers. English rendering requires turning the participial subject into a finite clause (“the one who prophesies”) and making the accusatives the objects of an expressed preposition (“for edification and exhortation and consolation”) or an infinitival purpose construction (“to strengthen, encourage, and comfort”), both of which retain the focus on the communal benefit of prophecy.
Root and etymology
oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“house, dwelling”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:3
But the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification and exhortation and consolation.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Corinthians 14:3, so the Greek word οἰκοδομὴν (oikodomên) 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.14.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.3.W6.S1) and character.