1 Corinthians 15:36:71 Cor.15.36.W7TAB
ἐὰν
ean
“if”
- Transliteration
- e-AN
- Extended
- eh-AHN
- IPA
- /eˈan/
Meaning by language
- English
- if
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-AN
- sentence
A-phrōn SY HO SPEI-reis ou dzō-o-poi-EI-tai e-AN MÊ a-po-THA-nêi
Exegesis
The conditional conjunction ean {ἐὰν | e-án} with me {μὴ | mḕ} and the aorist subjunctive apothane {ἀποθάνῃ | a-po-thánē} in the protasis require that death must occur before life. This structure moves from the rebuke to the illustrative principle that life follows death. Both English reconstructions preserve the sequence by maintaining the vocative, treating the relative clause as the subject, and rendering the indispensable “unless” clause for the main assertion.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:36
O senseless one , what you sow does not receive life unless it dies.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:36:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Corinthians 15:36, so the Greek word ἐὰν (ean) 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.15.36.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.36.W7.S1) and character.