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For this reasonδιὰ τοῦτοthe womanἡ γυνὴoughtὀφείλειto haveἔχεινauthorityἐξουσίανonἐπὶher head,τῆς κεφαλῆςbecause ofδιὰthe angels.τοὺς ἀγγέλους
1 Corinthians 11:10
Study it in the app“For this reason the woman ought to have authority on her head, because of the angels.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 11:10, word by word
- the womanγυνὴgynē
woman
An adult female person; when addressing her, a respectful form.
Where else “gynē” appears- oughtὀφείλειopheilei
ought
To be under obligation to do something.
Where else “opheilei” appears- to haveἔχεινechein
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echein” appears- authorityἐξουσίανexousian
authority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appears- her headκεφαλῆςkephalēs
head
The top part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “kephalēs” appears- the angelsἀγγέλουςangelous
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelous” appears
Translation note
The text does not explain the meaning of “authority on the head” or of “because of the angels.”
The context
9for indeed man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman for the sake of the man.
10 · This verse (above)
11Nevertheless, neither is woman without man nor man without woman in the Lord;