1 Corinthians 15:6:161 Cor.15.6.W16TAB
ἐκοιμήθησαν
ekoimêthêsan
“fell asleep”
- Transliteration
- e-koi-MÊ-thê-san
- Extended
- eh-koi-MÊH-thê-sahn
- IPA
- /e.koiˈmɛː.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- fell asleep
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-koi-MÊ-thê-san
- sentence
E-pe-ta Ô-phthê e-PA-nô pen-ta-ko-SI-ois a-del-PHOIS e-PHA-paks eks hôn hoi PLEI-o-nes ME-nou-sin HE-ôs AR-ti ti-NES de e-koi-MÊ-thê-san
Exegesis
The coordinating de {δέ | de} ‘but’ contrasts tines {τινές | ti-nés} ‘some’ as subject of the aorist passive ekoimēthēsan {ἐκοιμήθησαν | e-koi-mē-thē-san} ‘have fallen asleep’, a conventional Pauline euphemism for death that reinforces resurrection hope. The complex Greek structure is thus rendered in English with clear temporal markers and contrastive conjunctions.
Root and etymology
κοιμάω
“to sleep, to put to sleep”
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:6
After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time; most of them remain until now, but some have fallen asleep .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:6:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Corinthians 15:6, so the Greek word ἐκοιμήθησαν (ekoimêthêsan) 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.15.6.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.6.W16.S1) and character.