1 Corinthians 11:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἤ οὐδὲ αὐτὴ ἡ φύσις διδάσκει ὑμᾶς, ὅτι, ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐὰν κομᾷ, ἀτιμία αὐτῷ ἐστιν;

Transliteration

Or not even itself the physis didaskei you, hoti, anēr men if koma, atimia to him estin?

Grammar Details

Ἤ: disjunctive conjunction - or
οὐδὲ: negative conjunction - not even/neither
αὐτὴ: intensive pronoun, nominative, feminine, singular - itself
*physis*: nominative, feminine, singular - nature
*didaskei*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - teaches
ὑμᾶς: accusative, 2nd person plural - you
*hoti*: conjunction - that
*anēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - man/husband
*men*: postpositive particle - on the one hand
ἐὰν: conditional conjunction - if
*koma*: present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - wears long hair
*atimia*: nominative, feminine, singular - dishonor/shame
αὐτῷ: dative, masculine, singular - to him
*estin*: present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

*physis*: nature/natural order
*didaskei*: teaches/instructs
*anēr*: man/husband
*koma*: wears long hair/has long hair
*atimia*: dishonor/shame/disgrace

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 14:26 : 26 And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year's end that he cut it; because it was heavy on him, therefore he cut it); he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
1 Cor 14:35 : 35 And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

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