1 Corinthians 15:20:91 Cor.15.20.W9TAB
κεκοιμημένων
kekoimêmenôn
“those having fallen asleep”
- Transliteration
- ke-koi-mê-ME-nôn
- Extended
- keh-koi-meh-MEH-nohn
- IPA
- /ke.koi.mɛːˈme.nɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- those having fallen asleep
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-koi-mê-ME-nôn
- 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.
Root and etymology
koimaokappa–omicron–iota–mu–alpha–omega
“to put to sleep, to cause to sleep”
In context — 1 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 15:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Corinthians 15:20, so the Greek word κεκοιμημένων (kekoimêmenôn) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.20.W9.S1) and character.