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1 Corinthians 14:34 — King James Version← Study notes

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.


1 Corinthians 14:34Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 14:3418 words
ΑἱHaithe
γυναῖκεςgynaikeswife, woman
ἐνenabout, after, against
ταῖςtaisthe
ἐκκλησίαιςekklēsiaisassembly, church
σιγάτωσανsigatōsankeep close (secret, silence), hold peace
οὐounot
γὰρgarfor
ἐπιτρέπεταιepitrepetaigive leave (liberty, license), let
αὐταῖςautaishe / she / it / same
λαλεῖνlaleinpreach, say, speak (after)
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
ὑποτασσέσθωσανhypotassesthōsanbe under obedience (obedient), put under…
καθὼςkathōsaccording to, (according, even) as
καὶkaiand / also
hothe
νόμοςnomoslaw
λέγειlegeisay
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Word-by-word meanings

ΑἱHaithe
γυναῖκεςgynaikeswife, woman
ἐνenabout, after, against
ταῖςtaisthe
ἐκκλησίαιςekklēsiaisassembly, church
σιγάτωσανsigatōsankeep close (secret, silence), hold peace
οὐounot
γὰρgarfor
ἐπιτρέπεταιepitrepetaigive leave (liberty, license), let
αὐταῖςautaishe / she / it / same
λαλεῖνlaleinpreach, say, speak (after)
ἀλλὰallaand, but (even), howbeit
ὑποτασσέσθωσανhypotassesthōsanbe under obedience (obedient), put under…
καθὼςkathōsaccording to, (according, even) as
καὶkaiand / also
hothe
νόμοςnomoslaw
λέγειlegeisay

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