1 Corinthians 15:42:71 Cor.15.42.W7TAB
σπείρεται
speiretai
“is sown”
- Transliteration
- SPEI-re-tai
- Extended
- SPEI-reh-tai
- IPA
- /ˈspei.re.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- is sown
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
SPEI-re-tai
- sentence
HOU-tōs KAI hê a-NA-sta-sis tōn ne-KRŌN SPEI-re-tai en phtho-RAI e-GEI-re-tai en aph-thar-SI-a
Exegesis
The nominative phrase hē anastasis tōn nekrōn {ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν | hē anástasis tōn nekrôn} serves as the subject of two parallel passive verbs, speíretai {σπείρεται | speíretai} “it is sown” and egeíretai {ἐγείρεται | egeíretai} “it is raised.”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:42
Thus also the resurrection of the dead is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Corinthians 15:42, so the Greek word σπείρεται (speiretai) 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.15.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.42.W7.S1) and character.