1 Corinthians 14:9:121 Cor.14.9.W12TAB
πῶς
pōs
“how”
- Transliteration
- pōs
- Extended
- POHS
- IPA
- /pɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- how
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pōs
- sentence
HOU-tōs KAI hy-MEIS di-A tês GLŌS-sēs e-AN mê EU-sē-mon LO-gon DŌ-te pōs gnō-STHÊ-se-tai to la-LOU-me-non E-ses-the gar eis a-E-ra la-LOUN-tes
Exegesis
The interrogative apodosis pos gnosthesetai to laloumenon {πῶς γνωσθήσεται τὸ λαλούμενον | pôs gnōsthḗ-se-tai tó la-loú-me-non} asks, “how will what is being spoken be known?”, with the neuter participle to laloumenon functioning substantivally as “the spoken content.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 14:9
So also you, through the tongue, if you do not give a clear word, how will what is spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 14:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Corinthians 14:9, so the Greek word πῶς (pōs) 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.14.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.14.9.W12.S1) and character.