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ButδὲnowνυνὶGodὁ θεὸςhas placedἔθετοthe members,τὰ μέληeachἕκαστονoneἓνof them,αὐτῶνinἐνthe bodyτῷ σώματιjust asκαθὼςhe wanted.ἠθέλησεν
1 Corinthians 12:18
Study it in the app“But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he wanted.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 12:18, word by word
- nowνυνὶnyni
now
"Now", "at this moment"; a stronger form of "now".
Where else “nyni” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- has placedἔθετοetheto
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “etheto” appears- the membersμέληmelē
member
A part of the body.
Where else “melē” appears- eachἕκαστονhekaston
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekaston” appears- oneἓνhen
one
The quantity one, or a single one within a group.
Where else “hen” appears- the bodyσώματιsōmati
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōmati” appears- he wantedἠθέλησενēthelēsen
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsen” appears
The context
17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smell be?
18 · This verse (above)
19And if all were one member, where would the body be?