1 Corinthians 14:5:251 Cor.14.5.W25TAB
ἐκκλησία
ekklêsia
“church”
- Transliteration
- ek-klê-SI-a
- Extended
- ehk-klê-SEE-ah
- IPA
- /ek.klɛːˈsi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- church
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ek-klê-SI-a
- 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 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
ekkaleōepsilon–kappa–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call out”
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 14:5:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, so the Greek word ἐκκλησία (ekklêsia) 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.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W25.S1) and character.