Greek Interlinear

1 Corinthians 15:20 Interlinear

“now But Christ is from the dead the firstfruits of them that slept and become”

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1 Corinthians 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	Νυνὶ	G3570	now	just now
2	δὲ	G1161	But	but, and, etc
3	Χριστὸς	G5547	Christ	anointed, i.e., the messiah, an epithet of jesus
4	ἐγήγερται	G1453	is	to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
5	ἐκ	G1537	from	a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
6	νεκρῶν	G3498	the dead	dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
7	ἀπαρχὴ	G536	the firstfruits	a beginning of sacrifice, i.e., the (jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)
8	τῶν	G3588		the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
9	κεκοιμημένων	G2837	of them that slept	to put to sleep, i.e., (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
10	ἐγένετο	G1096	and become	to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)

1 Corinthians 15:20 (current)now But Christ is from the dead the firstfruits of them that slept and become