1 Corinthians 15:29:91 Cor.15.29.W9TAB

εἰ

ei

if

Transliteration
ei
Extended
ei
IPA
/ei/

Meaning by language

English
if

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei

  2. sentence

    e-PEI TI poi-EE-sou-sin hoi bap-ti-DZO-me-noi hy-PER tôn ne-KRÔN ei HO-lôs ne-KROI ouk e-GEI-ron-tai TI kai bap-TI-dzo-ntai hy-PER au-TÔN

Exegesis

The conditional clause ei holōs nekroi ouk egeirontai {εἰ ὅλως νεκροὶ οὐκ ἐγείρονται | ei hó-lōs ne-kroí ouk e-geí-ron-tai} presents a hypothetical denial of resurrection, where holōs intensifies “not at all” and the passive egeirontai portrays resurrection as divinely effected.

Root and etymology

egeirōepsilon–gamma–epsilon–iota–rho–omega

to raise, awaken

In context1 Corinthians 15:29

Otherwise, what will those do who are being baptized on behalf of the dead , if the dead are not raised at all? Why, then, are they also baptized for them?

About this coordinate

1 Corinthians 15:29:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Corinthians 15:29, so the Greek word εἰ (ei) 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.15.29.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.29.W9.S1) and character.