1 Corinthians 14:5:71 Cor.14.5.W7TAB
μᾶλλον
mallon
“rather”
- Transliteration
- MAL-lon
- Extended
- MAHL-lohn
- IPA
- /ˈmal.lon/
Meaning by language
- English
- rather
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MAL-lon
- 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 preference contrast is introduced by mallon de hina {μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα | mâl-lon dé hí-na} with hina + subjunctive propheteuēte {προφητεύητε | pro-phē-TEU-ē-te} forming a purpose clause “rather that you may prophesy.”
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 14:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Corinthians 14:5, so the Greek word μᾶλλον (mallon) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.5.W7.S1) and character.