1 Corinthians 3:1

New Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I

אָח

ʼâch

H251

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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could not

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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unto you as unto

רוּחַ

rûwach

H7307

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...

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but as unto

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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עֶרֶב

ʻereb

H6153

dusk

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as unto

עוֹלֵל

ʻôwlêl

H5768

a suckling

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in

Χριστός

Christós

G5547

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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Key Terms in This Verse

babes H5768

עוֹלֵל ʻôwlêl

a suckling

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carnal H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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spiritual H7307

רוּחַ rûwach

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...

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speak H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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brethren H251

אָח ʼâch

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

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Christ G5547

Χριστός Christós

anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus

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even H6153

עֶרֶב ʻereb

dusk

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