1 Corinthians 14:5:151 Cor.14.5.W15TAB
ἢ
ê
“than”
- Transliteration
- ê
- Extended
- ê
- IPA
- /ɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- than
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ê
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THE-lo de PAN-tas hy-MAS la-LEIN GLOS-sais MAL-lon de HEE-na pro-phê-TEU-ê-te MEI-dzōn de ho pro-phê-TEU-ōn ê ho la-LŌN GLOS-sais ek-TOS ei mê di-er-mê-NEU-êi HEE-na hê ek-klê-SI-a oi-ko-do-MÊN LA-bêi
Exegesis
The comparative clause meizōn de ho propheteuōn ē ho lalōn glossais {μείζων δὲ ὁ προφητεύων ἢ ὁ λαλῶν γλώσσαις | MEI-zōn dé ho pro-phē-TEU-ōn ē ho la-Lōn glṓs-sais} contrasts two substantival participles with meizōn as predicate adjective.
The final purpose clause hina hē ekklēsia oikodomēn labē {ἵνα ἡ ἐκκλησία οἰκοδομὴν λάβῃ | hí-na hē ek-klē-SI-a oi-ko-do-MĒn LA-bē} conveys the intended result that the church may receive edification.
Root and etymology
propheteuōpi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to prophesy, speak forth under divine inspiration”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:5
But I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but rather that you might prophesy; and greater is the one who prophesies than the one who speaks in tongues, unless it is interpreted, so that the church may receive edification .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, so the Greek word ἢ (ê) 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.14.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W15.S1) and character.