1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 6:16
16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”b
Footnotes
- b 6:16 Genesis 2:24|GEN 2:24(see also LXX)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Or | ἢ | ē | Conjunction | G2228 or, than |
| don’t you know | οἴδατε | oidate | Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1492 I know, remember |
| that | ὅτι | hoti | Conjunction | G3754 that, since, because |
| he who | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| unites himself | κολλώμενος | kollōmenos | Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular | G2853 I glue, cleave, keep company with |
| with a prostitute | πόρνῃ | pornē | Noun - Dative Feminine Singular | G4204 a prostitute |
| is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| one | ἓν | hen | Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular | G1520 one |
| in body | σῶμά | sōma | Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular | G4983 body, flesh |
| For | γάρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| it is said | φησίν | phēsin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G5346 I say |
| The | Οἱ | Hoi | Article - Nominative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| two | δύο | dyo | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural | G1417 two |
| will become | Ἔσονται | Esontai | Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural | G1510 I am, exist |
| one | μίαν | mian | Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular | G1520 one |
| flesh | σάρκα | sarka | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G4561 flesh, body |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Genesis 2:24 · Ephesians 5:31 · Mark 10:8 · Matthew 19:5–6 · Matthew 21:31–32 · Judges 16:1 · Genesis 34:31 · Hebrews 11:31 · Genesis 38:24
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.