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1 Corinthians 15:20

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← 1 Corinthians 15:19	1 Corinthians 15:20 (KJV)	1 Corinthians 15:21 →
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.	But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept.	For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But^G1161 now^G3570 is^G1453 Christ^G5547 risen^G1453 from^G1537 the dead^G3498, and become^G1096 the firstfruits^G536 of them that slept^G2837.

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Original Greek

Νυνὶ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐγένετο.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
Νυνὶ	Nuni	G3570	ADV	now
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	But
Χριστὸς	Christos	G5547	N-NSM	Christ
ἐγήγερται	egēgertai	G1453	V-RPI-3S	is risen
ἐκ	ek	G1537	PREP	from
νεκρῶν,	nekrōn	G3498	A-GPM	the dead
ἀπαρχὴ	aparchē	G536	N-NSF	the firstfruits
τῶν	tōn	G3588	T-GPM	*
κεκοιμημένων	kekoimēmenōn	G2837	V-RPP-GPM	of them that slept
ἐγένετο.	egeneto	G1096	V-2ADI-3S	become

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G536 — ἀπαρχή (aparchḗ, ap-ar-khay'): the first-fruits — from a compound of ἀπό and ἄρχομαι; a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively):--first-fruits.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): but, on the other hand, and — a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
• G1453 — ἐγείρω (egeírō, eg-i'-ro): I wake, arouse, raise up — probably akin to the base of ἀγορά (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence):--awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.
• G1537 — ἐκ (ek, ek): from out, out from among, from — a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote):--after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, …ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
• G2837 — κοιμάω (koimáō, koy-mah'-o): I fall asleep, am asleep — from κεῖμαι; to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease:--(be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
• G3498 — νεκρός (nekrós, nek-ros'): dead, a corpse — from an apparently primary (a corpse); dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun):--dead.
• G3570 — νυνί (nyní, noo-nee'): now, already, at present — a prolonged form of νῦν for emphasis; just now:--now.
• G5547 — Χριστός (Christós, khris-tos'): anointed, the Messiah, the Christ — from χρίω; anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus:--Christ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• now — 1 Corinthians 15:4-8
• the firstfruits — Acts 26:23, Romans 8:11, 1 Corinthians 15:23, Colossians 1:18, 1 Peter 1:3, Revelation 1:5

Reciprocal references (23): Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26, Leviticus 2:12, Leviticus 2:14, Leviticus 23:10, Leviticus 23:17, Numbers 15:20, Numbers 28:26, Deuteronomy 26:2, 2 Chronicles 31:5, Isaiah 26:19, Daniel 12:2, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 27:52, John 11:25, John 14:19, Acts 7:60, 1 Corinthians 15:13, 1 Corinthians 15:15, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 2 Corinthians 4:14, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Colossians 2:12

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: MORTALITY-IMMORTALITY, STEWARDSHIP-OWNERSHIP
• Torrey’s: RESURRECTION OF CHRIST, THE, RESURRECTION, THE, TYPES OF CHRIST
• Nave’s: BODY, FIRST FRUITS, IMMORTALITY, JESUS, THE CHRIST, RESURRECTION, ZEAL, RELIGIOUS

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