1 Corinthians 15:9:131 Cor.15.9.W13TAB
ἀπόστολος
apostolos
“an apostle”
- Transliteration
- a-PO-sto-los
- Extended
- ah-POH-stoh-lohs
- IPA
- /aˈpos.to.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- an apostle
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PO-sto-los
- 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 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.’
Root and etymology
apostellōalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron
“to send out”
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 15:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Corinthians 15:9, so the Greek word ἀπόστολος (apostolos) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.9.W13.S1) and character.