1 Corinthians 14:5:161 Cor.14.5.W16TAB

ho

the one who

Transliteration
ho
Extended
hoh
IPA
/ho/

Meaning by language

English
the one who

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ho

  2. sentence

    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.

Root and etymology

propheteuōpi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega

to prophesy, speak forth under divine inspiration

In context1 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 14:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, so the Greek word (ho) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W16.S1) and character.