1 Corinthians 15:17:61 Cor.15.17.W6TAB
ματαία
mataia
“futile”
- Transliteration
- ma-TAI-a
- Extended
- mah-TAI-ah
- IPA
- /maˈtai.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- futile
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ma-TAI-a
- sentence
ei de khree-STOS ouk e-GHEE-gher-tai ma-TAI-a hê PI-stis hy-MON E-ti e-STE en tais ha-mar-TI-ais hy-MON
Exegesis
The apodosis offers two parallel results: the adjective mataia {ματαία | ma-taí-a} ‘vain’ precedes the noun phrase hē pistis hymōn {ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν | hē pís-tis hū-môn} ‘your faith’, underscoring the futility of trust without resurrection; and the clause eti este en tais hamartiais hymōn {ἔτι ἐστὲ ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις ὑμῶν | é-ti es-té en taîs ha-mar-tí-ais hū-môn} uses the adverb é-ti ‘still’ with the prepositional construction en + dative to depict an ongoing state under sin.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless, and you are still in your sins.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Corinthians 15:17, so the Greek word ματαία (mataia) 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.15.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.17.W6.S1) and character.