1 Corinthians 15:44:31 Cor.15.44.W3TAB
ψυχικόν
psykhikon
“natural”
- Transliteration
- psy-khi-KON
- Extended
- psih-khih-KON
- IPA
- /psy.kʰiˈkon/
Meaning by language
- English
- natural
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Alphabet Analysis
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
psy-khi-KON
- sentence
SPEI-re-tai SÔ-ma psy-khi-KON e-GEI-re-tai SÔ-ma pneu-ma-ti-KON EI ES-tin SÔ-ma psy-khi-KON ES-tin KAI pneu-ma-ti-KON
Exegesis
Each verb is immediately followed by sōma {σῶμα | sô-ma} ‘body’ modified by contrasting adjectives: psuchikon {ψυχικόν | psy-chi-kón} ‘natural’ and pneumatikon {πνευματικόν | pneu-ma-ti-kón} ‘spiritual,’ establishing two modes of bodily existence.
Root and etymology
psuchēpsi–upsilon–chi–eta
“soul, life, self”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:44
A natural body is sown; a spiritual body is raised. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Corinthians 15:44, so the Greek word ψυχικόν (psykhikon) 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.15.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.44.W3.S1) and character.