1 Corinthians 15:46:51 Cor.15.46.W5TAB
πνευματικὸν
pneumatikon
“spiritual”
- Transliteration
- pneu-ma-ti-KON
- Extended
- pnehv-oo-mah-tih-KOHN
- IPA
- /pneu.ma.tiˈkon/
Meaning by language
- English
- spiritual
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
pneu-ma-ti-KON
- sentence
al ou PRO-ton to pneu-ma-ti-KON al-LA to psy-khy-KON E-pei-ta to pneu-ma-ti-KON
Exegesis
The articular adjective to pneumatikon {τὸ πνευματικὸν | tò pneu-ma-ti-kón} functions substantivally to denote the “spiritual” mode of existence, which is then contrasted by the adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} and the articular substantive to psuchikon {τὸ ψυχικόν | tò psu-chi-kón}, representing the “natural” state tied to the soul.
The temporal adverb epeita {ἔπειτα | é-pei-ta} signals a subsequent phase, reintroducing to pneumatikon {τὸ πνευματικόν | tò pneu-ma-ti-kón} to frame the progression: not first the spiritual but the natural; then the spiritual. This framing highlights the shift from present natural existence to future spiritual existence.
Root and etymology
pneumapi–nu–epsilon–upsilon–mu–alpha
“spirit, breath, wind”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:46
Yet it is not the spiritual first, but the natural ; then the spiritual comes.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:46:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Corinthians 15:46, so the Greek word πνευματικὸν (pneumatikon) 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.15.46.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.46.W5.S1) and character.