1 Corinthians 15:3:181 Cor.15.3.W18TAB
γραφάς
graphas
“Scriptures”
- Transliteration
- gra-PHAS
- Extended
- grah-PHAHS
- IPA
- /graˈpʰas/
Meaning by language
- English
- Scriptures
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
gra-PHAS
- sentence
pa-RE-do-ka gar hy-MEEN en PRO-tois ho kai pa-RE-la-bon HO-ti khree-STOS a-PE-tha-nen hy-PER tôn ha-mar-ti-ÔN hê-MON ka-TA tas gra-PHAS
Exegesis
The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} introduces the content clause Christos apethanen hyper tōn hamartiōn hēmōn kata tas graphas {Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν κατὰ τὰς γραφάς | Christós apéthanen hypér tōn hamartiôn hēmôn katá tas graphás}, where the fronted subject Christos gains emphasis, and the aorist apethanen depicts His death as a decisive redemptive act on behalf of “our sins.” The preposition kata governs the accusative tas graphas, anchoring the event firmly “in accordance with” the authority of the Scriptures and highlighting the fulfillment of scriptural promise. The structure preserves the priority of the tradition and its rootedness in the written Word while rendering the Greek clauses clearly in English.
Root and etymology
graphográ-phō | gamma–rho–alpha–phi–omega
“to write, inscribe”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:3
For I handed on to you, as of first importance, what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:3:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Corinthians 15:3, so the Greek word γραφάς (graphas) 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.15.3.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.3.W18.S1) and character.