1 Corinthians 14:35:181 Cor.14.35.W18TAB
ἐκκλησίᾳ
ekklēsiai
“assembly”
- Transliteration
- ek-klē-SI-ai
- Extended
- ehk-klay-SEE-ai
- IPA
- /ek.klɛːˈsi.ai/
Meaning by language
- English
- assembly
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-klē-SI-ai
- sentence
ei DE ti ma-THEIN THE-lou-sin en OI-kō tous i-DEE-ous AN-dras e-pe-rō-TA-tō-san ais-KHRON gar es-TIN gy-nai-KEI la-LEIN en ek-klē-SI-ai
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en oikō {ἐν οἴκῳ | en oí-kō} ‘in the house’ sets the spatial frame in contrast to the later en ekklēsia {ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ | en ek-klē-síā} ‘in the assembly’.
Root and etymology
ekkaleōepsilon–kappa–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call out, summon”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:35
If they want to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:35:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Corinthians 14:35, so the Greek word ἐκκλησίᾳ (ekklēsiai) 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.14.35.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.35.W18.S1) and character.