1 Corinthians 14:13
New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אֲפָרְסַי
ʼĂphârᵉçay
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
פָּתַר
pâthar
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲפָרְסַי ʼĂphârᵉçay
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
Study H670 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Study H3956 →פָּלַל pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
Study H6419 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
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