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SoοὖνifἐὰνI do notμὴknowεἰδῶthe meaningτὴν δύναμινof the language,τῆς φωνῆςI will beἔσομαιa foreignerβάρβαροςto the one who speaks,τῷ λαλοῦντιandκαὶthe one who speaksὁ λαλῶνwill bea foreignerβάρβαροςtoἐνme.ἐμοὶ
1 Corinthians 14:11
Study it in the app“So 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.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:11, word by word
- knowεἰδῶeidō
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “eidō” appears- the meaningδύναμινdynamin
powers
Forces of the unseen world; or the sense of a word.
Where else “dynamin” appears- of the languageφωνῆςphōnēs
language
The language a people speaks.
Where else “phōnēs” appears- I will beἔσομαιesomai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esomai” appears- a foreignerβάρβαροςbarbaros
foreigner, non-Greek
A foreigner, someone who does not speak Greek; in the New Testament without contempt, "native", "local people".
Where else “barbaros” appears- to the one who speaksλαλοῦντιlalounti
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalounti” appears
Translation note
In Greek, “barbarian”: one who speaks a language that is not understood (compare Romans 1:14).
The context
10There are perhaps so many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
11 · This verse (above)
12So also you, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound in them for the building up of the assembly.