Greek Interlinear
1 Corinthians 14:20 Interlinear
“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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