1 Corinthians 14:6:81 Cor.14.6.W8TAB
γλώσσαις
glosais
“in tongues”
- Transliteration
- GLO-sais
- Extended
- GLOH-sais
- IPA
- /ˈgloːs.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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Word in context
- word
GLO-sais
- sentence
NYN DE a-del-PHOI e-AN EL-thô pros hy-MAS GLO-sais la-LÔN TI hy-MAS ō-phe-LÊ-sō e-AN MÊ hy-MIN la-LÊ-sō Ê en a-po-ka-LY-psi Ê en GNŌ-sei Ê en pro-phê-TEI-a Ê en di-da-KHÊ
Exegesis
The circumstantial participial phrase glōssais lalōn {γλώσσαις λαλῶν | glōssais lalōn} “speaking in tongues” specifies the manner of his coming and sets up the contrast between unintelligible and intelligible speech.
Root and etymology
glossagamma–lambda–omega–sigma–sigma–alpha
“tongue, language”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:6
Now, brothers , if I come to you speaking in tongues , what will I profit you, unless I speak to you either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophecy or by teaching?
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Corinthians 14:6, so the Greek word γλώσσαις (glosais) 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.14.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.6.W8.S1) and character.