1 Corinthians 14:4:81 Cor.14.4.W8TAB
προφητεύων
prophêteuōn
“prophesying”
- Transliteration
- pro-phê-TEU-ōn
- Extended
- proh-phêh-TEH-oo-ohn
- IPA
- /pro.pʰɛːˈteu.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophesying
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 | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-phê-TEU-ōn
- 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.”
Root and etymology
prophētēspi–rho–omicron–phi–ēta–tau–ēta–sigma
“one who speaks forth, prophet”
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 14:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Corinthians 14:4, so the Greek word προφητεύων (prophêteuōn) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.4.W8.S1) and character.