1 Corinthians 14:32:21 Cor.14.32.W2TAB
πνεύματα
pneumata
“spirits”
- Transliteration
- PNEU-ma-ta
- Extended
- PNEU-mah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈpneu.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- spirits
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PNEU-ma-ta
- sentence
KAI PNEU-ma-ta pro-phê-TÔN pro-PHÊ-tais hy-po-TAS-se-tai
Exegesis
Pneumata {πνεύματα | pneú-ma-ta} serves as the neuter plural nominative subject modified by the genitive prophetōn {προφητῶν | pro-phē-tôn}, indicating possession or source (“spirits belonging to prophets”).
Root and etymology
pneōpi–nu–epsilon–omega
“to blow, breathe”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:32
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 14:32, so the Greek word πνεύματα (pneumata) 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.14.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.32.W2.S1) and character.