1 Corinthians 15:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ τὸ σῶμα τὸ γενησόμενον σπείρεις, ἀλλὰ γυμνὸν κόκκον εἰ τύχοι σίτου, ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν:

Transliteration

And what you speireis, not the sōma the genēsomenon speireis, but gymnon kokkon if it might tychoi sitou, or one of the loipōn:

Grammar Details

*kai*: conjunction - and
*ho*: relative pronoun, accusative neuter singular - what
*speireis*: present active indicative, 2nd singular - you sow
*ou*: negative particle - not
*sōma*: accusative neuter singular with article - body
*genēsomenon*: future middle participle, accusative neuter singular with article - going to become
*alla*: adversative conjunction - but
*gymnon*: accusative masculine singular - bare/naked
*kokkon*: accusative masculine singular - grain/seed
*ei tychoi*: aorist active optative, 3rd singular with conditional - if it might happen to be
*sitou*: genitive masculine singular - of wheat
*ē*: disjunctive conjunction - or
*tinos*: indefinite pronoun, genitive singular - of some
*loipōn*: genitive plural with article - of the rest/remaining

Word Meanings

*speireis*: sow/plant/scatter seed
*sōma*: body/form
*genēsomenon*: that will be/going to become/that will come to be
*gymnon*: bare/naked/mere
*kokkon*: grain/seed/kernel
*tychoi*: might happen to be/might chance to be
*sitou*: of wheat/of grain
*loipōn*: of the rest/of the remaining/of the others

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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