King James Version
1 Corinthians 14:10 in the King James Version says “There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification .” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification .”
1 Corinthians 14:10 · KJV
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. easy: Gr. significant
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification .
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. of spiritual gifts: Gr. of spirits
KJV Study — Public Domain
“so many”
G5118apparently from g3588 and g3739) and g3778 (including its variations); so vast as this, i.e., such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
“it may be”
G5177akin to the base of g5088 through the idea of effecting; properly, to affect; or (specially), to hit or light upon (as a mark to be reached), i.e., (t
“kinds”
G1085"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
“of voices”
G5456a tone (articulate, bestial or artificial); by implication, an address (for any purpose), saying or language
“the world”
G2889orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“is without signification”
G880voiceless, i.e., mute (by nature or choice); figuratively, unmeaning
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