1 Corinthians 15:40:21 Cor.15.40.W2TAB
σώματα
sōmata
“bodies”
- Transliteration
- SŌ-ma-ta
- Extended
- SOH-mah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈsɔː.ma.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- bodies
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SŌ-ma-ta
- sentence
KAI SŌ-ma-ta e-pou-RA-ni-a KAI SŌ-ma-ta e-PI-gei-a al-LA he-TE-ra MEN hê tôn e-pou-ra-NI-ōn DO-ksa he-TE-ra DE hê tôn e-pi-GEI-ōn
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinated noun phrase kai somata epourania kai somata epigeia {καὶ σώματα ἐπουράνια καὶ σώματα ἐπίγεια | kaí somata epouránia kaí somata epígeia} ‘and heavenly bodies and earthly bodies,’ in which the repeated noun somata {σώματα | só-ma-ta} modified by the adjectives epourania {ἐπουράνια | epou-rá-ni-a} and epigeia {ἐπίγεια | epí-ge-i-a} foregrounds two classes of embodied existences.
Root and etymology
sō-sigma–omega
“body, physical form”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:40
Heavenly bodies and earthly bodies both exist; yet the glory of the heavenly takes one form, and the glory of the earthly takes another.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:40:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Corinthians 15:40, so the Greek word σώματα (sōmata) 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.15.40.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.40.W2.S1) and character.