1 Corinthians 15:4:31 Cor.15.4.W3TAB
ἐτάφη
etaphê
“he was buried”
- Transliteration
- e-TA-phê
- Extended
- eh-TAH-phê
- IPA
- /eˈta.pʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was buried
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-TA-phê
- sentence
KAI HO-ti e-TA-phê KAI HO-ti e-GÊ-ger-tai têi hê-ME-rai têi TRI-têi ka-TA TAS gra-PHAS
Exegesis
The first clause, hoti etaphe {ὅτι ἐτάφη | hó-ti e-tá-phē}, employs the aorist passive indicative to present the burial as a completed historical fact.
Root and etymology
thaptotheta–alpha–pi–tau–omega
“to bury, inter”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:4
And that He was buried; and that on the third day He has been raised in fulfillment of the Scriptures .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Corinthians 15:4, so the Greek word ἐτάφη (etaphê) 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.15.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.4.W3.S1) and character.