1 Corinthians 14:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“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.”

1 Corinthians 14:19 — Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 14:1919 words

GreekMeaning

ἀλλὰalla

butwordG235

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

ἐκκλησίᾳekklēsia

the churchnounG1577

θέλωthelō

I desireverbG2309

πέντεpente

fiveadjectiveG4002

λόγουςlogous

wordsnounG3056

τῷtō

thearticleG3588

νοΐnoi

mind, understandingnounG3563

μουmou

IpronounG1473

λαλῆσαιlalēsai

to speakverbG2980

ἵναhina

thatwordG2443

καὶkai

alsoadverbG2532

ἄλλουςallous

othersadjectiveG243

κατηχήσωkatēchēsō

I may instructverbG2727

ἢē

rather thanwordG2228

μυρίουςmyrious

ten thousandadjectiveG3463

λόγουςlogous

wordsnounG3056

ἐνen

inprepositionG1722

γλώσσῃglōssē

a tonguenounG1100

ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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