1 Corinthians 15:20:81 Cor.15.20.W8TAB

τῶν

tôn

of the

Transliteration
tôn
Extended
TOHN
IPA
/tɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
of the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tôn

  2. sentence

    ny-NI de khri-STOS e-GHEE-gher-tai ek ne-KRON a-par-KHÊ tôn ke-koi-mê-ME-nôn

Exegesis

The dependent genitive ton kekoimemenon {τῶν κεκοιμημένων | tôn kekoimēménōn} ‘of those who have fallen asleep’ functions as a partitive genitive, marking the larger group to which Christ belongs as the first offering. The participle kekoimēménōn employs the metaphor of sleep for death, combining rest with the expectation of future awakening. The translation preserves the Greek clause order (subject–verb–prepositional phrase–apposition) to maintain the theological emphasis on Christ’s resurrection as the guarantee of ours.

In context1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 15:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Corinthians 15:20, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.15.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.20.W8.S1) and character.