1 Corinthians 15:42:91 Cor.15.42.W9TAB
φθορᾷ
phthorai
“corruption”
- Transliteration
- phtho-RAI
- Extended
- pʰthoh-RAI
- IPA
- /pʰtʰoˈrai/
Meaning by language
- English
- corruption
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
phtho-RAI
- 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
Each verb is modified by a dative prepositional phrase: en phthorai {ἐν φθορᾷ | en phthorâi} “in corruption” and en aphtharsiai {ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ | en aphtharsíāi} “in incorruption,” forming an antithesis between mortal decay and imperishable existence. The formal translation preserves this Greek parallelism with “it is sown… it is raised,” while the dynamic version makes the agricultural metaphor explicit by likening the process to a seed, clarifying “perishable” and “imperishable” for contemporary readers.
Root and etymology
Rootphi–theta–epsilon–iota–rho–omega
“to destroy, to corrupt”
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 15:42:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Corinthians 15:42, so the Greek word φθορᾷ (phthorai) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.42.W9.S1) and character.