1 Corinthians 15:9:101 Cor.15.9.W10TAB
εἰμὶ
eimi
“am”
- Transliteration
- ei-MI
- Extended
- ei-MIH
- IPA
- /eiˈmi/
Meaning by language
- English
- am
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ei-MI
- sentence
e-GO GAR EI-mee ho e-LA-khi-stos tôn a-po-STO-lōn hos ouk ei-MI hi-ka-NOS ka-LEIS-thai a-PO-sto-los di-O-ti e-DI-ōk-sa tēn ek-klē-SI-an tou the-OU
Exegesis
The copular clause eimi ho elachistos tōn apostolōn {εἰμι ὁ ἐλάχιστος τῶν ἀποστόλων | eimí ho eláchistos tôn apostólōn} places the predicate nominative elachistos {ἐλάχιστος | eláchistos} ‘least’ with superlative force.
The relative clause hos ouk eimì hikanós kaleîsthai apóstolos {ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθαι ἀπόστολος | hos ouk eimí hikanós kaleîsthai apóstolos} uses hos {ὃς | hos} ‘who’ and the negative ouk {οὐκ | ouk} ‘not’ to deny the adjective hikanós {ἱκανός | hikanós} ‘worthy’ for the infinitive kaleisthai {καλεῖσθαι | kaleîsthai} ‘to-be-called.’
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Corinthians 15:9, so the Greek word εἰμὶ (eimi) 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.15.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.9.W10.S1) and character.