1 Corinthians 14:34:181 Cor.14.34.W18TAB
λέγει
legei
“says”
- Transliteration
- LE-gei
- Extended
- LEH-gei
- IPA
- /ˈle.gei/
Meaning by language
- English
- says
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
LE-gei
- sentence
hai gy-NAI-kes en tais ek-klay-SEE-ais si-GA-tō-san ou gar e-pi-TRE-pe-tai au-TAIS la-LEIN al-LA hy-po-tas-SESTH-ō-san ka-THŌS kai ho NO-mos LE-gei
Exegesis
The comparative conjunction kathos {καθὼς | kathṓs}, strengthened by kai {καὶ | kaí}, introduces the standard, ho nomos legei {ὁ νόμος λέγει | ho nó-mos lé-gei}, “the law says,” with the present indicative legei portraying the law as a continuing voice of authority. In English, the two Greek imperatives are rendered with modal constructions (“must be silent,” “must be submissive” / “should remain quiet,” “should be subject”) to maintain their directive force, and the causal and adversative connectors are preserved to mirror the Greek argument flow from command, to rationale, to contrasting obligation, to scriptural grounding.
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:34
The women in the churches must be silent ; for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be submissive, just as the law also says.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:34:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Corinthians 14:34, so the Greek word λέγει (legei) 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.14.34.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.34.W18.S1) and character.