1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 15:37
37And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| what | ὃ | ho | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| you sow | σπείρεις | speireis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G4687 I sow, spread, scatter |
| not | οὐ | ou | Adverb | G3756 no, not |
| the | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| body | σῶμα | sōma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G4983 body, flesh |
| that | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| will be | γενησόμενον | genēsomenon | Verb - Future Participle Middle - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1096 I come into being, am born |
| but | ἀλλὰ | alla | Conjunction | G235 but, except |
| a seed | κόκκον | kokkon | Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular | G2848 a kernel, grain |
| perhaps | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| of wheat | σίτου | sitou | Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular | G4621 wheat, grain |
| or | ἤ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| something | τινος | tinos | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singular | G5100 any one, some one |
| else | λοιπῶν | loipōn | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3062 left, left behind, the remainder |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.