1 Corinthians 15:37:111 Cor.15.37.W11TAB
γυμνὸν
gymnon
“bare”
- Transliteration
- gym-NON
- Extended
- gyoom-NOHN
- IPA
- /gymˈnon/
Meaning by language
- English
- bare
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gym-NON
- sentence
KAI ho SPEI-reis ou to SÔ-ma to ge-nê-SO-me-non SPEI-reis al-LA gym-NON KOK-kon ei TY-khoi SI-tou Ê TI-nos TÔN loi-PÔN
Exegesis
The adversative alla {ἀλλά | al-lá} introduces the corrective contrast leading to gymnon kokkon {γυμνὸν κόκκον | gym-nòn kók-kon}, where the preposed adjective emphasizes its stripped-down state.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:37
And what you sow is not the body that will be, but a bare grain —perhaps of wheat, or of some other kind.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:37:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Corinthians 15:37, so the Greek word γυμνὸν (gymnon) 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.15.37.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.37.W11.S1) and character.