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There areεἰσινperhapsεἰ τύχοιso manyτοσαῦταkindsγένηof languagesφωνῶνinἐνthe world,κόσμῳandκαὶnoneοὐδὲνiswithout meaning.ἄφωνον
1 Corinthians 14:10
Study it in the app“There are perhaps so many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:10, word by word
- There areεἰσινeisin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “eisin” appears- perhapsτύχοιtychoi
perhaps
Perhaps, for example.
Where else “tychoi” appears- so manyτοσαῦταtosauta
so much, so great
So much, so great.
Where else “tosauta” appears- kindsγένηgenē
kind
A group of similar things.
Where else “genē” appears- of languagesφωνῶνphōnōn
language
The language a people speaks.
Where else “phōnōn” appears- the worldκόσμῳkosmōi
creation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmōi” appears- without meaningἄφωνονaphōnon
meaningless
Communicating nothing, understood by no one.
Where else “aphōnon” appears
The context
9So also you, if through the tongue you do not give an intelligible word, how will it be known what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.
10 · This verse (above)
11So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the one who speaks, and the one who speaks will be a foreigner to me.