1 Corinthians 15:37:161 Cor.15.37.W16TAB
ἤ
ê
“or”
- Transliteration
- Ê
- Extended
- ê
- IPA
- /ˈɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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Ê
- 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 conditional idiom ei tychōi {εἰ τύχοι | ei tý-khoi}, an aorist optative with particle, softens the assertion—“if it should happen”—and governs the genitive phrase sitou ē tinos tōn loipōn {σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν | sí-tou ē ti-nos tôn loi-pôn}, “of wheat or of some other kinds.” The progression from general principle to metaphorical clarification underscores Paul’s teaching that the resurrection body differs radically from the body sown in death.
Root and etymology
histemiiota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to cause to stand, to set, to stand firm”
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 15:37:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 15:37, so the Greek word ἤ (ê) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.37.W16.S1) and character.