1 Corinthians 14:39:61 Cor.14.39.W6TAB
προφητεύειν
prophêteuein
“to prophesy”
- Transliteration
- pro-phê-TEU-ein
- Extended
- proh-phêh-TEU-eh-ein
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛːˈteu.ein/
Meaning by language
- English
- to prophesy
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 | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pro-phê-TEU-ein
- sentence
HÔ-ste a-del-PHOI mou dzê-LOU-te to pro-phê-TEU-ein KAI to la-LEIN MÊ kô-LY-e-te GLÔS-sais
Exegesis
The first imperative takes as its object the articular infinitive to propheteuein {τὸ προφητεύειν | to pro-phē-TEU-ein}, where the article turns the verbal idea into a substantive, effectively “the activity of prophesying.”
Root and etymology
prophetespi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“one who speaks forth, prophet”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:39
So then, my brothers , be zealous to prophesy , and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Corinthians 14:39, so the Greek word προφητεύειν (prophêteuein) 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.14.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.39.W6.S1) and character.