1 Corinthians 14:4:21 Cor.14.4.W2TAB
λαλῶν
lalôn
“speaking”
- Transliteration
- la-LÔN
- Extended
- lah-LOHN
- IPA
- /laˈlɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- speaking
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
la-LÔN
- sentence
ho la-LÔN GLŌS-sê he-au-TON oi-ko-do-MÊI ho de pro-phê-TEU-ōn ek-klê-SI-an oi-ko-do-MÊI
Exegesis
The sentence is composed of two parallel clauses, each built on a substantival participle with the article: ho lalon {ὁ λαλῶν | ho la-lôn} “the one speaking” and ho de propheteuon {ὁ δὲ προφητεύων | ho de pro-phē-teú-ōn} “but the one prophesying.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:4
The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 14:4, so the Greek word λαλῶν (lalôn) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.4.W2.S1) and character.