1 Corinthians 15:32:201 Cor.15.32.W20TAB
ἀποθνῄσκομεν
apothnêiskomen
“we die”
- Transliteration
- a-po-THNÊI-sko-men
- Extended
- ah-poh-THNAY-skoh-mehn
- IPA
- /a.poˈtʰnɛːi.sko.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we die
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-THNÊI-sko-men
- sentence
ei ka-TA AN-thrō-pon e-thê-ri-o-MA-khê-sa en e-PHE-sō TI moi to O-phe-los ei ne-KROI ouk e-GEI-ron-tai PHA-gō-men kai PI-ō-men AU-ri-on gar a-po-THNÊI-sko-men
Exegesis
The hortatory sequence phagomen kai piomen {Φάγωμεν καὶ πίωμεν | PHÁ-gō-men kaí PÍ-ō-men} ‘let us eat and drink’ employs aorist subjunctives for exhortation, followed by aurion gar apothneskomen {αὔριον γὰρ ἀποθνῄσκομεν | AÚ-ri-on gar a-po-thnḗ-sko-men} ‘for tomorrow we die’, where gar functions as causal conjunction. The asyndetic shift from question to exhortation highlights the contrast between unfulfilled resurrection hope and indulgent resignation.
Root and etymology
apothneskoalpha–pi–omicron–theta–nu–eta–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to die, to die off”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:32
If, in human terms , I fought with wild beasts in Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:32:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Corinthians 15:32, so the Greek word ἀποθνῄσκομεν (apothnêiskomen) 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.15.32.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.32.W20.S1) and character.