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ButδὲnowΝυνὶthe MessiahΧριστὸςhas been raisedἐγήγερταιfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνthe firstfruitsἀπαρχὴof those whoτῶνhave fallen asleep.κεκοιμημένων
1 Corinthians 15:20
Study it in the app“But now the Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
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With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:20, word by word
- nowΝυνὶNyni
now
"Now", "at this moment"; a stronger form of "now".
Where else “Nyni” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- has been raisedἐγήγερταιegēgertai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egēgertai” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- the firstfruitsἀπαρχὴaparchē
firstfruits
Firstfruits: the first part of the harvest, offered to God as a pledge of the whole.
Where else “aparchē” appears- have fallen asleepκεκοιμημένωνkekoimēmenōn
pass away
To die, like drifting off to rest.
Where else “kekoimēmenōn” appears
The context
19If we have hoped in the Messiah in this life only, we are more to be pitied than all people.
20 · This verse (above)
21For since through a man came death, also through a man has come the resurrection of the dead.