1 Corinthians 14:5:61 Cor.14.5.W6TAB
γλώσσαις
glossais
“in tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLOS-sais
- Extended
- GLOHS-sais
- IPA
- /ˈglɔːs.sais/
Meaning by language
- English
- in tongues
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
GLOS-sais
- 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 sentence is governed by the main verb thelō {θέλω | thé-lō} ‘I wish, I want’, followed by the object clause pantas hymas lalein glossais {πάντας ὑμᾶς λαλεῖν γλώσσαις | pân-tas hy-mâs la-leîn glṓs-sais}, where the infinitive lalein functions as a complementary infinitive and the accusative pantas hymas marks the subject of the infinitive.
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
glossagamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
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 14:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, so the Greek word γλώσσαις (glossais) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W6.S1) and character.