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ButδὲGodὁ θεὸςgivesδίδωσινitαὐτῷa bodyσῶμαjust asκαθὼςhe willed,ἠθέλησενandκαὶto eachἑκάστῳof the seedsτῶν σπερμάτωνits ownἴδιονbody.σῶμα
1 Corinthians 15:38
Study it in the app“But God gives it a body just as he willed, and to each of the seeds its own body.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:38, word by word
- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- givesδίδωσινdidōsin
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “didōsin” appears- a bodyσῶμαsōma
body
The person in his physical part, living or dead.
Where else “sōma” appears- he willedἠθέλησενēthelēsen
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “ēthelēsen” appears- to eachἑκάστῳhekastōi
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastōi” appears- of the seedsσπερμάτωνspermatōn
seed
What is sown in the ground so that a plant will grow.
Where else “spermatōn” appears- its ownἴδιονidion
own
What belongs to someone; their people, their family.
Where else “idion” appears
The context
37And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.
38 · This verse (above)
39Not all flesh is the same flesh, but there is one flesh of humans, another flesh of beasts, another flesh of birds, another of fish.