1 Corinthians 15:45:141 Cor.15.45.W14TAB
Ἀδὰμ
adam
“Adam”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- ah-DAHM
- IPA
- /aˈdam/
Meaning by language
- English
- Adam
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother |
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Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- sentence
HOU-tōs KAI GE-gra-ptai e-GE-ne-to ho PRŌ-tos AN-thrō-pos a-DAM eis psy-KHÊN ZŌ-san ho ES-kha-tos a-DAM eis PNEU-ma dzō-o-poi-OUN
Exegesis
The verse opens with houtos {οὕτως | hoútōs} 'thus' and kai {καὶ | kaí} 'and,' introducing the scriptural citation with gegraptai {γέγραπται | gégraptai} 'it is written.' The verb egeneto {Ἐγένετο | Egéneto} 'became' connects two parallel subjects, ho protos anthropos Adam {ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ | ho prōtos ánthrōpos Adám} 'the first man Adam' and ho eschatos Adam {ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ | ho éschatos Adám} 'the last Adam,' each followed by an eis + predicate accusative construction: psychēn zōsan {ψυχὴν ζῶσαν | psychḗn zōsan} 'a living soul' vs.
Root and etymology
Ἀδάμ
“man; humanity”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:45
Thus also it is written: The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:45:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Corinthians 15:45, so the Greek word Ἀδὰμ (adam) 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.15.45.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.45.W14.S1) and character.