1 Corinthians 14:19
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹד
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
ἐκκλησία
ekklēsía
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth ...
בָּחַר
bâchar
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
תָּבוּן
tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
לָמַד
lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
אֶלֶף
ʼeleph
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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,...
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲפָרְסַי ʼĂphârᵉçay
an Apherasite or inhabitant of an unknown region of Assyria
Study H670 →ἐκκλησία ekklēsía
a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation (Jewish synagogue, or Christian community of members on earth or saints in heaven or both)
Study G1577 →לָמַד lâmad
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
Study H3925 →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 →תָּבוּן tâbûwn
intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
Study H8394 →Cross References
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