Greek Interlinear
1 Corinthians 14:20 Interlinear
Word-by-word Greek interlinear analysis of 1 Corinthians 14:20, showing the original Greek text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“Brethren not children be in understanding howbeit in malice be ye children but in understanding men be”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ἀδελφοί | G80 | Brethren | a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like g0001) |
| 2 | μὴ | G3361 | not | (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether |
| 3 | παιδία | G3813 | children | a childling (of either sex), i.e., (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature christian |
| 4 | γίνεσθε | G1096 | be | to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) |
| 5 | ταῖς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 6 | φρεσὶν | G5424 | in understanding | the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e., (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in |
| 7 | ἀλλὰ | G235 | howbeit | properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) |
| 8 | τῇ | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 9 | κακίᾳ | G2549 | in malice | badness, i.e., (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble |
| 10 | νηπιάζετε | G3515 | be ye children | to act as a babe, i.e., (figuratively) innocently |
| 11 | ταῖς | G3588 | the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom) | |
| 12 | δὲ | G1161 | but | but, and, etc |
| 13 | φρεσὶν | G5424 | in understanding | the midrif (as a partition of the body), i.e., (figuratively and by implication, of sympathy) the feelings (or sensitive nature; by extension (also in |
| 14 | τέλειοι | G5046 | men | complete (in various applications of labor, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with g3588) completeness |
| 15 | γίνεσθε | G1096 | be | to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) |
Verse Context
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